Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) indignant reaction to a recent question from CNN’s Jake Tapper gave away the game, revealing just how rare an occasion it is for a member of her party to be held to account by almost anyone in media.

Pelosi’s name had come up multiple times during spirited debate in the Senate over a bill — presented by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) — that would bar members of Congress from owning stock. Tapper pressed Pelosi on the issue, using a comment from President Donald Trump to kick off the conversation.

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Pelosi chastises Tapper for asking about Trump accusing her of insider trading:

“Why do you have to read that?”

“It isn’t anything to do with anything insider. But the president has his own exposure, he’s always projecting.”

“Let’s not give him any more time on that, please.” pic.twitter.com/rMQbobt9eB

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“Let me just read what he said,” Tapper stated, after technical difficulties prevented him from playing a clip he’d intended to air. “Nancy Pelosi became rich —”

“Why do you have to read that?” Pelosi demanded to know, clearly annoyed by the direction the interview was taking. “We‘re here to talk about the 60th anniversary of Medicaid. That’s what I agreed to come to talk about.”

“I wanted to —” Tapper tried again, but Pelosi interrupted him again.

“— And what that means, and the election,” she continued.

Tapper pushed back, saying that he had only “wanted to give you a chance just to respond. He accused you of insider trading, what’s your response to that?”

“That’s ridiculous,” Pelosi laughed. “In fact, I very much support the — stop the trading of members of Congress, not that I think anybody’s doing anything wrong, if they are, they are prosecuted and they go to jail. But because of the confidence it instills in the American people, don’t worry about this. But I have no concern about the obvious investments that have been made over time, I’m not into it, my husband is, but it isn’t anything to do with anything insider.”

Pelosi then attempted to make the conversation about President Donald Trump, suggesting that he was only shining a spotlight on her to deflect from something he must have done.

“The president has his own exposure, so he’s always projecting,” she claimed. “He’s always projecting, and let’s not give him any more time on that, please. We’re going forward here.”

She then pivoted again to claim that the man who entered her San Francisco home and attacked her husband had been “inspired by [Trump]” before suggesting that it would be better if they could just go back to talking about Medicaid.

Trump, as he gave remarks from the White House on Wednesday, called for Pelosi to be investigated and claimed, “Nancy Pelosi became rich by having insider information … I think that’s disgraceful … She has the highest return of practically anybody in the history of Wall Street.”

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???? BREAKING: President Trump calls for Nancy Pelosi to be INVESTIGATED for insider trading

“Nancy Pelosi became rich by having insider information …I think that’s disgraceful.”

“She has the highest return of practically, ANYBODY in the history of Wall Street…

HOW DID THAT… pic.twitter.com/M6pM9UR9Nn

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 30, 2025