President Donald Trump, speaking at a Wednesday press conference, suggested Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) should be investigated over her unusually successful stock portfolio. His remarks came in response to a question about Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) proposed legislation banning congressional stock trading.

REPORTER: Thank you, Mr. President. Senator Hawley (R-MO) introduced legislation that would ban members of Congress from owning or trading individual stocks. It extends to the president and the vice president. Are you in favor of that legislation? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well, I like it conceptually. I don’t know about it, but I like it conceptually. And, you know, Nancy Pelosi became rich by having inside information. She made a fortune with her husband, and I think that’s disgraceful. So in that sense, I’d like it, but I’d have to really see the I’d have, you know, I study these things very carefully. And this just happened. So I’ll take a look at it. But conceptually, I like it. And what I do think is Nancy Pelosi should be investigated because what she has the highest return of anybody practically in the history of Wall Street, save a few. And how did that happen? It happened by she knows exactly what’s going to happen, what’s going to be announced. You buy stock and then the stock goes up after the announcements made. And she had to be investigated.

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