(VIDEO) Karoline Leavitt Says Josh Hawley Called President Trump After Trump SLAMMED Him Over Pelosi Stock Trading Review – Shreds Nancy Pelosi for Insider Trading, “Ripping Off Constituents”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday tore into Nancy Pelosi’s perfectly timed stock trades and portfolio, which consistently outperforms the markets, experts, and hedge funds.
She also told reporters that the President spoke to Josh Hawley, following yesterday’s criticisms of the Missouri Senator.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump unloaded on Senator Hawley on Wednesday for joining with Democrats to advance a bill to ban members of Congress and their spouses from owning and trading stocks. Hawley also renamed the bill, formerly the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act, as the HONEST Act to get Democrats on board.
President Trump said in a statement last night that his vote with Democrats was actually a vote “to block a Review, sponsored by Senator Rick Scott, and with the support of almost all other Republicans, of Nancy Pelosi’s Stock Trading over the last 25 years.”
This was after President Trump called for Pelosi to be investigated for insider trading earlier on Wednesday.
Leavitt said that Hawley called President Trump, but she did not provide details on their conversation.
"As 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. And the reason that this idea to put a ban on stock trading for members of Congress is even a thing is because of Nancy Pelosi," she said before tearing into Nancy Pelosi for insider trading.
President Trump "doesn't want to see people like Nancy Pelosi enriching themselves off of public service and ripping off their constituents in the process," Leavitt said.
WATCH:
Reporter: Have you talked to the President about his position on the stock trading ban built for Congress? He obviously had pretty loaded comments about Senator Hawley. There's been reporting that they've since spoken. What is his position on the current status of that bill?
Leavitt: The President has spoken to Senator Hawley, who called him, and the President took that call. As 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. And the reason that this idea to put a ban on stock trading for members of Congress is even a thing is because of Nancy Pelosi.
I mean, she is rightfully criticized because she makes, I think, $174,000 a year, yet she has a net worth of approximately $413 million in 2024 Nancy Pelosi’s stock portfolio—this was a fascinating statistic to me—grew 70% in one year in 2024, and her portfolio outperformed every single large hedge fund in that same year, and even more than doubled the returns of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
I think the President stands with the American people on this. He doesn't want to see people like Nancy Pelosi enriching themselves off of public service and ripping off their constituents in the process. As for the mechanics of the legislation and how it will move forward, the White House continues to be in discussions with our friends on Capitol Hill.
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