| Bombshell new reporting today reveals that vulnerable Virginia Congressman Rob Wittman has used his own perch in Washington to benefit himself.
According to the report, Wittman voted to slash taxes on his triple decker beach house in the Outer Banks. Wittman reportedly “could personally save up to an eyewatering $60,000 a year – thanks to his eight-bedroom beach rental.”
Wittman’s beach bungalow is “a $1.5 million, 3,656 sq ft beach house on the North Carolina Outer Banks, 150 miles from his Virginia district.”
In addition to voting to cut taxes for himself, Wittman reportedly also “traded $2.56 million in stocks between 2015 and 2023” and his net worth has “more than tripled” while serving in Congress.
Read key details from the bombshell report for yourself:
- A Virginia congressman who voted to extend a major Trump tax break could personally save up to an eyewatering $60,000 a year – thanks to his eight-bedroom beach rental, the Daily Mail can reveal.
- Rob Wittman, who has led Virginia’s first district since 2007 and amassed an estimated net worth of $5.5million, supported Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ last year.
- He owns a $1.5 million, 3,656 sq ft beach house on the North Carolina Outer Banks, 150 miles from his Virginia district, which he rents out generating between $100,000 and a million dollars in income annually, according to his 2024 financial disclosures.
- Trump’s 2025 bill permanently extended a tax deduction for business owners – including landlords – allowing them to deduct up to 20% of their income before taxes are calculated, according to an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).
- ITEP found Wittman’s pass-through business income was between $53,000 and $508,000 based on his 2024 financial disclosures, with a total income of between $305,000 and $883,000.
- But by voting through the Big Beautiful Bill, Wittman will save himself between $19,900 and $59,300 in taxes over a year, ITEP estimated.
- Middle income earners will average tax breaks of between $40 and $50 from the bill.
- His estimated tax savings were the highest of all lawmakers who voted for the bill, according to ITEP’s analysis.
- Wittman bought his Nags Head, North Carolina beach house for $967,500 in 2018. It is now worth an estimated $1.3 million according to Zillow.
- The 8-bed, 8.5-bath property has a fenced-off outdoor pool, rooftop jacuzzi, and a volleyball court behind the home.
- Thanks to the luxury property, the Virginia congressman now pays more property tax in North Carolina than he does in his own state.
- Wittman has amassed an estimated net worth of $5.58 million during his time in Congress, which more than tripled from an estimated $1.6 million in 2013, according to financial research firm Quiver Quantitative.
- Quiver analyzed Wittman’s Wall Street disclosures and found he traded $2.56 million in stocks between 2015 and 2023.
- His most active year in the analysis was 2023, in which he bought $178,000 and sold $338,000 worth of stock, for a total volume of $515,000.
- Wittman’s seat will be hotly contested in the upcoming 2026 election, with the Cook Partisan Voter Index placing it as 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average.
DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:
“After nearly two decades in Washington, Rob Wittman is now a multi-millionaire who used his perch to slash his own taxes on his triple-decker Outer Banks beach house with a pool and a hot tub. While Wittman gets richer, Virginians pay more on everything from groceries to housing to health care. At least he’ll have more time to spend at his beachfront mansion when voters retire him in November.”
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