Editorial Standards

Disclosed Capitol publishes two distinct kinds of content: data — ingested directly from official government filings — and editorial — analysis, explainers, and commentary written on top of that data. This page describes the standards we hold ourselves to in both categories.

Sourcing

All trade data comes from primary U.S. government sources: Periodic Transaction Reports filed under the STOCK Act with the House Clerk and the Senate Office of Public Records, annual financial disclosures (Form A and AFD), and the Office of the Federal Register. We do not republish data from third-party trackers.

Lobbying records come from Senate LDA filings. Government contract awards come from USASpending.gov. Bill text and sponsorship come from Congress.gov. Institutional holdings come from SEC Form 13F and 13D filings via EDGAR. Economic indicators come from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). When a derived metric (return, CAGR, alpha) is computed, the underlying calculation is documented on the methodology page.

Independence

Disclosed Capitol is an independent publisher and is not affiliated with any political party, candidate, PAC, member of Congress, or campaign. We do not accept payments to alter, suppress, or surface particular trades or politicians. Editorial decisions are not influenced by advertisers, sponsors, or paid subscribers.

Accuracy and fact-checking

Editorial claims that can be checked against a primary source are checked against the primary source before publication. Quantitative claims (returns, percentages, dollar amounts) are verified against the calculation that produced them, not against a screenshot of an earlier page. When a number is reproduced from a third-party report, we link to the report.

AI-generated content

Disclosed Capitol offers an AI research assistant called Chad. Output from Chad is generated by a large language model in response to a user prompt and is always labeled in the user interface. Chad answers are not editorial publications by Disclosed Capitol and should not be cited as such. Where Chad output appears in shared or social posts, the AI origin should be disclosed.

Editorial articles published under the Disclosed Capitol byline are written by humans. We may use AI tooling for drafting, summarization, or research, but every published claim is reviewed and approved by a human author before publication.

Not investment advice

Nothing on Disclosed Capitol is investment advice, a recommendation to buy or sell a security, or a solicitation. Congressional trades are presented as a matter of public-records reporting. Past performance does not predict future results.

Corrections

See our corrections policy for how we handle errors and how to report one.

Related policies

• Methodology — how derived metrics are calculated.
• Data sources — every primary feed that powers the site.
• Privacy, Terms, Disclaimer.