Rep. Richard Dean ‘Rich’ McCormick, a physician-turned-lawmaker representing Georgia in the U.S. House, has disclosed a sale of Apple Inc. (AAPL) common stock, according to a Periodic Transaction Report filed under the STOCK Act. The transaction, dated July 30, 2026, is valued between $1,001 and $15,000 and was executed by McCormick himself through a Growth Partners Roth IRA account.
The filing lists the transaction as a straightforward sale of shares, with no additional detail on the reasoning behind the trade. Under the STOCK Act, members of Congress and their staff are required to publicly disclose transactions in individual stocks, bonds, and other securities within 45 days of the trade date. This report falls squarely within that reporting framework, and the disclosure itself is a routine compliance action rather than any indication of wrongdoing.
A Notable Timing Overlap
What makes this filing worth watching is its proximity to another AAPL-related transaction. Company insider Jennifer Newstead sold shares of Apple valued at $442,852 on August 11, 2026 — less than two weeks after McCormick’s reported sale date, and both events fall within the same 30-day window. WhoIsBuyingNow.com tracks these kinds of overlapping signals because they can reveal broader sentiment shifts around a stock, even though the two transactions are unrelated in scale, motive, or decision-making process. A member of Congress selling a modest position in a retirement account and a corporate insider selling a six-figure stake are different categories of disclosure, but when they cluster around the same ticker and timeframe, it’s a pattern our readers often want flagged.
AAPL has been a frequent subject of congressional trading disclosures in recent years, reflecting its status as one of the most widely held stocks in personal and retirement portfolios alike. For context on how differently these filings can look, our earlier coverage of Rep. Julia Letlow’s AAPL purchase, filed 292 days late, shows how reporting timeliness itself can become part of the story.
McCormick’s use of a Roth IRA structure is also worth noting simply as a matter of record — retirement account transactions are subject to the same disclosure rules as personal brokerage trades, and the amount range disclosed here places this well within the smaller end of transactions regularly reported by members of Congress. As with all STOCK Act filings, the report provides only a value range rather than an exact dollar figure, a standard limitation of the disclosure format.
No further transactions tied to this specific filing have been reported as of this writing. WhoIsBuyingNow.com will continue tracking congressional and insider activity in AAPL as new disclosures become public.