{"id":29538,"date":"2026-01-09T05:40:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=29538"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:40:40","slug":"leavitt-slams-pelosi-over-stock-trades-as-trump-hawley-reconcile-on-ban-effort-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=29538","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt Slams Pelosi Over Stock Trades As Trump, Hawley Reconcile On Ban Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tore into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her eyebrow-raising stock trades, calling her the reason a congressional stock trading ban is even being discussed.<\/p>\n

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Leavitt read out loud a list of trades made by Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, that she said beat out Warren Buffett and every hedge fund on Wall Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president has spoken to Senator Hawley, who called him, and the president took that call,\u201d Leavitt said. \u201cAs the president said in the Roosevelt Room yesterday, conceptually, he of course supports the idea of ensuring that members of Congress and United States senators who are here for public service cannot enrich themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She didn\u2019t hold back when naming names.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the reason that this idea\u2014to put a ban on stock trading for members of Congress\u2014is even a thing is because of Nancy Pelosi,\u201d Leavitt said. \u201cI mean, she is rightfully criticized because she makes, I think, $174,000 a year, yet she has a net worth of approximately $413 million.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn 2024, Nancy Pelosi\u2019s stock portfolio\u2014this was a fascinating statistic to me\u2014grew 70% in one year, and her portfolio outperformed every single large hedge fund in that same year, and even more than doubled the returns of Warren Buffett\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leavitt said the president supports the public\u2019s outrage.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo I think the president stands with the American people on this. He doesn\u2019t want to see people like Nancy Pelosi enriching themselves off of public service and ripping off their constituents in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs for the mechanics of the legislation and how it will move forward,\u201d she added, \u201cthe White House continues to be in discussions with our friends on Capitol Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n