US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks during a White House daily news briefing at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on November 23, 2021 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong/Getty Images Granholm sold up to $240,000 in stocks from April 2021 through October 2021. She disclosed the trades in December 2021 — weeks or months after a federal deadline. Granholm's situation follows numerous STOCK Act violations by lawmakers and congressional staff. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm violated a federal conflicts-of-interest and transparency law by improperly reporting up to a quarter-million dollars in stock sales, according to an Insider analysis of financial disclosure documents.