Kelly Loeffler faces growing scrutiny over her wealth. She’s trying to make the best of it.

  • The finances of Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, a former business executive and the richest member of the Senate, were always going to turn heads. But just four months into her tenure, deep pockets that were once a top selling point to Georgia Republicans have become more and more of a liability for Ms. Loeffler, dragging down her approval numbers just months before she will face voter

  • First came disclosures that Ms. Loeffler
    and her husband had traded stock shares worth millions of dollars around the time she was being briefed by top government health officials about the coronavirus. Political opponents in both parties stoked questions about insider trading, which she adamantly denied.
  • On Wednesday, The New York Times unearthed a very different financial story: When Ms. Loeffler left her business career to join the Senate, her employer gave her a parting gift most likely worth more than $9 million. The gift was not illegal, but the company in question is run by her husband and undercuts Ms. Loeffler’s frequent claims that she sacrificed huge sums of money to serve the public.
    • As Politico reported on Wednesday, far from trying to play down her wealth, Ms. Loeffler has actually started highlighting it to try to rescue her campaign. This week, she started a $4 million ad campaign that trumpets how she used her private plane to bring Georgians stranded by the coronavirus home, donated her Senate salary to Covid-19-related causes and made $1 million in charitable donations.

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