Bernie Sanders made $148,750 in royalties from Penguin Random House in 2024 for his book, “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.”
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… He now notes that his wife’s retirement accounts, which are broken out into underlying mutual funds, “are not individually held stocks.” Sanders made $148,750 in royalties from Penguin Random House in 2024 for his book, “It’s OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.” While lawmakers are typically prohibited from holding jobs outside of the Capitol, book writing is one loophole that numerous members of Congress, including Sanders, used to make extra money in 2024 beyond their congressional salary of $174,000, NOTUS …
The Senate eFD annual report for 2024 for Bernard Sanders lists $148,750 in royalties from Penguin Random House, and multiple outlets repeat that figure.
What we found
Supports. Sanders' 2024 annual eFD disclosure lists royalties from Penguin Random House LLC of $148,750.00.[1]
Supports. Independent outlets report the same 2024 Penguin Random House royalty figure of $148,750 from Sanders' Senate disclosure.[2][3][4][5]
Context. Coverage of Sanders' disclosures describes recurring six-figure royalty receipts in 2023 and 2024, consistent with the claimed figure.[6]
Context. The book-specific attribution is not stated in the disclosure excerpt itself; one source links Penguin Random House to his book 'It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism,' which supports the attribution only indirectly.[5]
Context. Several sources (including the claimant's own passage quoted in the vtdigger item and a Facebook post) repeat the figure, but they are not independent of the claim and add no separate verification.[7][8]
Sources
8 sources: 8 not rated
- 1eFD: Annual Report for 2024 - Sanders, Bernardmedia.snopes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2Bernie Sanders Net Worthcelebritynetworth.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Bernie Sanders Net Worth: Books, Salary And Propertyfinance-monthly.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Bernie Sanders Slams Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg's ...ibtimes.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Members of Congress Score Major Paydays From Bookswashingtonsun.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6What do Sanders’s disclosures reveal about book royalt...factually.co · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Vermont's congressional members are rich. But they don't ...vtdigger.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Bernie Sandersfacebook.com · not rated · cited for: context
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