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Leading Congressional Stock Trading Ban Bill Has Spouse Loophole

By Donald Shaw,

Published on Dec 30, 2021 — 3 min read

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Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul, who frequently trades millions of dollars in corporate stock options.

Summary

The most-cosponsored bill to ban stock trading while in office leaves a huge loophole for trading corporate stocks based on nonpublic information.

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Donald Shaw

Donald Shaw is a journalist based in rural Western Massachusetts.