{"id":1559366,"date":"2022-07-18T11:35:45","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1559366"},"modified":"2022-07-18T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T15:35:46","slug":"nancy-pelosi-responds-after-husbands-recent-stock-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-responds-after-husbands-recent-stock-purchases\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Responds After Husband\u2019s Recent Stock Purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-pelosi-responds-after-husbands-recent-stock-purchases%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1559366&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a>\u2019s (D-Calif.) office responded to criticism about her husband\u2019s purchase of semiconductor stocks ahead of Congress\u2019s vote targeting the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Speaker does not own any stocks. As you can see from the required disclosures, with which the Speaker fully cooperates, these transactions are marked \u2018SP\u2019 for Spouse. The Speaker has no prior knowledge or subsequent involvement in any transactions,\u201d Pelosi\u2019s spokesman, Drew Hammill, told news outlets on Monday<\/p>\n<p>Hammill added that there are \u201cat least three proposals introduced in the House\u201d regarding whether Pelosi supports proposals to bar trading by members of Congress. \u201cThe Speaker has asked the Committee on House Administration to review these proposals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, insider trading is already a serious federal criminal and civil violation and the Speaker strongly supports robust enforcement of the relevant statutes by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission,\u201d Hammill also said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/nancy-pelosis-office-responds-husbands-controversial-computer-chip-stock-purchase-ahead-congress-vote\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cThe Speaker led the House in passing the bipartisan Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act, which would subject federal judges to similar disclosure requirements as those in the STOCK Act. President Biden signed this bill into law in May. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/nancy-pelosis-husband-makes-big-round-of-stock-trades-including-apple-nvidia-visa_4600214.html\">disclosure<\/a> that was filed by Pelosi\u2019s office showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-paul-pelosi\">Paul Pelosi<\/a>, her husband,\u00a0exercised 200 call options, or 20,000 shares, of semiconductor company\u00a0Nvidia at a\u00a0strike price of $100 with an expiration of June 17. The purchase was worth between $1 million and $5 million.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Paul Pelosi sold\u00a0portions of his Apple and Visa holdings, according to the speaker\u2019s disclosure, as the move to purchase Nvidia stock raised questions about whether he had insider knowledge about the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt certainly raises the specter that Paul Pelosi could have access to some insider legislative information,\u201d Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/15\/pelosis-husband-massive-amount-in-chips-stock-before-expected-senate-vote-subsidies\/\">Daily Caller<\/a> about the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-Calif.) office responded to criticism about her husband\u2019s purchase of semiconductor stocks ahead of Congress\u2019s vote targeting the industry. \u201cThe Speaker does not own any stocks. As you can see from the required disclosures, with which the Speaker fully cooperates, these transactions are marked \u2018SP\u2019 for Spouse. 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