Thursday 21 July 2022 08:03 PM Smirking Nancy Pelosi insists her husband has NOT bought stock based on any of ... trends now

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted Thursday that her husband Paul has never made investments based in information she's shared amid fresh scrutiny over the mega-wealthy stock trader's latest investment. 

'Has your husband ever made a stock purchase or sale based on information he's received from you?' a reported asked the speaker in her weekly briefing. 

'No,' she scoffed. 'Absolutely not.' Pelosi then walked away from the podium.

On June 17 Paul Pelosi but 20,000 shares in semiconductor firm Nvidia, worth between $1 million and $5 million, ahead of a Senate vote on a bill that could inject $52 billion in the semiconductor manufacturing industry and give tax incentives for production.

The Pelosis are one of the wealthiest couples in Congress and Paul Pelosi has been dubbed one of the most prolific stock traders of all time. The speaker's office frequently notes that Nancy herself does not own any stock.

For months there has been broad bipartisan consensus behind banning individual stock trades for members and their spouses. Lawmakers in both parties have put forth a slew of bills since Pelosi first expressed a cool openness to such a ban in February, not one of which has made it to the floor. 

On Wednesday Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a letter asking Democrats to hold a hearing on banning stock trading.

'This issue of whether and how Members of Congress engage in various financial transactions deserves scrutiny by the Committee,' Hawley wrote to Sen. Gary Peters, chair of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.