Report: 7 transactions
7 purchases and 0 sales dated 21 Jul 2021 to 21 Jul 2021, across 4 tickers. 4 tickers appear for the first time, including EFA, FIFNX, IVV, MUB.
Executive branch · OGE Form 278-T
Every securities transaction Merrick B. Garland (Attorney General, Department of Justice) reported on OGE Form 278-T, read from the reports the Office of Government Ethics posts: which companies, which way, and how long each trade took to become public.
Short answer
As of 28 Sep 2026, Merrick B. Garland has disclosed 19 securities transactions on OGE Form 278-T, dated Jun 2021 to Jul 2021: 7 purchases and 12 sales across 10 ticker symbols. The most recent report with readable rows, posted 28 Aug 2021, listed 7 transactions. The most-traded stock is iShares National Muni Bond ETF (MUB), with 3 trades.
Merrick B. Garland reported 19 transactions on 2 OGE 278-T reports posted between 22 Jul 2021 and 28 Aug 2021.
The trades span 10 ticker symbols; 7 rows (bonds and assets without a matched ticker) are listed by name only.
7 of the transactions are purchases and 12 are sales.
Half of Garland's trades became public within 50 days of the trade date, counting to the day OGE posted the report.
Each row is one posting date. Counts come from the rows Tracked Money read from that day's report; "first time" means the ticker is in no earlier report.
7 purchases and 0 sales dated 21 Jul 2021 to 21 Jul 2021, across 4 tickers. 4 tickers appear for the first time, including EFA, FIFNX, IVV, MUB.
0 purchases and 12 sales dated 2 Jun 2021 to 2 Jun 2021, across 6 tickers. This is the first report on record, so every ticker in it is new.
| Month | Trades |
|---|---|
| Jun 2021 | 12 |
| Jul 2021 | 7 |
The 10 tickers traded most often in the reports. A 278-T lists transactions, not holdings, and gives sizes as ranges, so a count shows activity rather than position size. Select one to chart it below.
Weekly closing price for each of the most-traded stocks, with every buy (green) and sell (orange) placed at its trade date.
We only publish a return when at least 70% of filings can be priced; Merrick B. Garland's reports are at 63% today. See the Executive Branch strategy (+68.0% past year) instead.
| Official | Trades | Stocks | Buy share | Days to file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrick B. Garland | 19 | 10 | 37% | 50 |
| Executive branch, median officialmedian of 22 filers | 53 | 20 | 38% | 63 |
| Congress, median membermedian of 127 filers | 126 | 37 | 50% | 27 |
| Most active in Congress, past 12 months: Gilbert Cisneros | 2,699 | 710 | 57% | 27 |
All 19 rows, newest trade first. Amounts are the ranges the form discloses; each links to its source report.
| Traded | Filed | Asset | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-08-28 | EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | Purchase | $100,001 - $250,000 |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-08-28 | FIFNX Fidelity Founders Fund | Purchase | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-08-28 | IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | Purchase | $100,001 - $250,000 |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-08-28 | MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF | Purchase | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-08-28 | MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF | Purchase | $100,001 - $250,000 |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-08-28 | MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF | Purchase | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-08-28 | Fidelity Extended Market Index Fund | Purchase | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | GIS General Mills, Inc. | Sale | $100,001 - $250,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | PFE Pfizer Inc. | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | PG Procter & Gamble Co. | Sale | $100,001 - $250,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | SJM The J. M. Smucker Co. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | VTRS Viatris Inc. | Sale | $1,001 - $15,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | Baltimore County, MD Bond | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | Maryland State Community Develop. Rev. Bond | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | Montgomery County, MD Bond | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | Prince George's County, MD Bond | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | University of Maryland Bond | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 |
| 2021-06-02 | 2021-07-22 | University of Michigan Bond | Sale | $15,001 - $50,000 |
Yes. Senior executive-branch officials, including the President, must report securities transactions over $1,000 on OGE Form 278-T, generally within 45 days of the trade. The Office of Government Ethics publishes the reports.
Tracked Money has read 19 transactions from 2 OGE 278-T reports posted between 22 Jul 2021 and 28 Aug 2021, with trade dates from 2 Jun 2021 to 21 Jul 2021.
The 278-T lists transactions, not holdings. The stocks traded most often in these reports are iShares National Muni Bond ETF (MUB), Bristol Myers Squibb Co (BMY), iShares MSCI EAFE ETF (EFA), Fidelity Founders Fund (FIFNX), General Mills Inc (GIS). Holdings appear on the annual OGE Form 278e financial disclosure, which this page does not cover.
The median trade on this page became public 50 days after it happened, measured from the trade date to the day OGE posted the report. Amounts are disclosed as ranges, not exact figures.
Every row on this page is read from an OGE Form 278-T periodic transaction report published by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. The reports are scanned or e-filed PDFs; Tracked Money reads each row's asset, type, trade date and amount range, and matches company names to ticker symbols. Rows it cannot match (bonds, funds, unmatched names) are kept with the name as filed. The filing date is the day OGE posted the report, the first day anyone could read it.
Last checked
28 Sep 2026Last time Tracked Money checked OGE for new 278-T reports.
Reports read
2 of 2Every report OGE has posted as a PDF for this official. 2 yielded transaction rows, posted 22 Jul 2021 to 28 Aug 2021.
Tickers matched
12 of 19Rows matched to a ticker symbol. The rest are listed by name and left out of the charts.
Reports OGE releases only on written request (Form 201) are not included. Amounts are statutory ranges, not exact figures. The page is generated from the filing data; the wording is templated, not written per report.
Tracked Money reads every new 278-T the day OGE posts it and tells you what Garland bought and sold.
Public filings. Not investment advice. Trades are disclosed up to 45 days after they happen, in dollar ranges. Updated 28 Aug 2021.