St. Patrick's Day was celebrated a day early for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who disclosed yesterday that his wife has her very own pot of gold.
The filing states that Menendez’s wife owns as much as $250,000 worth of gold bars. Menendez and his wife’s total assets, including the gold, are worth more than $1.1 million, according to Menendez’s latest annual financial disclosure.
According to a review of congressional personal financial disclosures compiled by Insider’s Conflicted Congress project, Menendez is not the only member of Congress who has reported gold on their personal financial disclosures.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Rep. Susan Bonamici (D-Ore.), Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) and Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) have all reported gold on previous financial disclosures, with Romney owning the most, at $500,000 worth of gold bullion.
Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) and Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) have both reported as much as $15,000 worth of “precious metals” in previous financial disclosures, but it is unclear if that includes gold.
