• quindraco@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Her husband’s not a lawmaker. Once again: lawmakers should be banned from trading stocks.

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      9 months ago

      That’s exactly the issue, in the USA marriage gives joint ownership of assets barring anything outlined in prenuptial agreements. So while Nancy Pelosi has never traded any stocks she still reports all of her husbands stock trades as per the transparency legislation that she helped pass into law. Paul Pelosi would also be banned from trading stocks, his lifelong primary employment, as a result of the ban.