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Enforcement Gap
No documented enforcement against Scott Franklin
Scott Franklin has 5 documented facts referencing violations, fines, settlements, or fraud, but no connection in the platform's graph documents an enforcement action, prosecution, sanction, or consent decree against them. This may indicate the platform's data is incomplete — or it may indicate a real enforcement gap. Either way, it's worth a closer look.
Detected: 26 Apr 2026
Evidence last verified: 24 Apr 2026
Supporting evidence
In July 2025, an investigation by the Hunter Index revealed Franklin violated the STOCK Act by failing to disclose 31 stock trades made between January 2024 and September 2024 — for himself and his wife — until months after the 45-day legal deadline. The trades, valued between $35,000 and $525,000, included shares of blue-chip stocks and major government contractors. Franklin blamed his broker, saying there was 'turnover' in the account team and the broker 'failed to notify me.' He stated he 'will terminate our business relationship if it ever happens again.'
[vote] On May 22, 2025 and again on July 3, 2025, Franklin voted for final passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the CBO projected would add trillions to the national debt and contained deep structural cuts to SNAP and Medicaid — the very programs Franklin cited as essential during the shutdown. He praised the bill for 'targeted reforms to Medicaid and SNAP — reducing fraud, encouraging work, and helping safeguard the future of these essential programs.'
[platform] Franklin ran in the 2020 GOP primary against an incumbent mired in campaign finance scandal, presenting himself as an ethical reformer. During his campaign, he highlighted his opponent Ross Spano's violations of campaign finance law and promised accountability.
[disclosure] In July 2025, Franklin was revealed to have violated the STOCK Act by failing to disclose 31 stock trades worth up to $525,000 for up to 18 months past the legal deadline. His trades included government contractors General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, and Microsoft — companies directly affected by his votes on the Appropriations Committee. He blamed his broker for the violations.
Voted yea on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (Mandatory ICE Detention for Undocumented Immigrants Charged with Theft)) on 2025-01-22: Franklin voted for the first bill Trump signed in his second term. All Florida Republicans supported it. The bill passed 263–156. His district includes significant immigrant and agricultural worker communities — 29.7% Hispanic and 13.2% foreign-born — for whom aggressive ICE enforcement is a salient concern.
3 actions you can take
File a FOIA
File a FOIA request with the U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division
Target: U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division
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Subject: FOIA Request — All non-exempt records — including correspondence, internal memoranda, referrals
Dear FOIA Officer,
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, I request access to and copies of the following records held by the U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division:
All non-exempt records — including correspondence, internal memoranda, referrals, declination memos, and case-opening or case-closing documents — concerning any investigation, declined investigation, or referral involving "Scott Franklin" from January 2010 to the present.
I am requesting these records because: This request supports public-interest investigation of an oversight gap documented at http…
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Contact the oversight body
Ask the House Committee on Financial Services to hold a hearing
Target: House Committee on Financial Services
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Subject: Constituent request: hearing on No documented enforcement against Scott Franklin
Dear Members of the House Committee on Financial Services,
I am writing to ask the committee to hold a public hearing on the following matter that falls within your jurisdiction: No documented enforcement against Scott Franklin.
The basis of this request is documented in publicly available evidence summarised here: No documented enforcement against Scott Franklin.
Full evidence trail with source citations: https://goblinhouse.net/wall/enforcement-gap-congress-f000472
This matter has not, to my knowledge, been the subject of a formal committee inquiry. The cited evidence consists of public …
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Tip a journalist
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Subject: Tip — No documented enforcement against Scott Franklin
Hi ProPublica team,
Tipping you to a documented accountability gap that aligns with your beat (Investigative journalism, financial crime, government accountability):
No documented enforcement against Scott Franklin
One-line summary: No documented enforcement against Scott Franklin
Full evidence trail with source citations and confidence labels: https://goblinhouse.net/wall/enforcement-gap-congress-f000472
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