US senator accused of cozy ties to Apple after leading charge against congressional stock trading

A US lawmaker who has long campaigned against congressional stock trading is among the nearly one-in-five in the Senate who own or likely own chunks of Apple stock – and watchdogs warn the conflicts of interest could derail major legislation aimed at reining in the Big Tech firm’s anticompetitive practices.Sen. John Ossoff (D-Ga.) – who famously ripped his Republican opponent David Perdue as a “crook” over his personal stock trades during his successful bid for the Senate in 2020 – has portrayed himself as ...