President Donald Trump has called former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "disgusting degenerate" in a Truth Social post , accusing the longtime Democratic U.S. representative for California's husband of using insider information to profit from the stock market.

The attack coincides with growing momentum for a congressional stock trading ban.

Newsweek contacted Nancy Pelosi via telephone for comment on Sunday outside of usual working hours.

Why It Matters

The clash highlights the heightened scrutiny over elected officials and their families engaging in high-value stock trades.

The proposed legislation, initially dubbed the PELOSI (Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments) Act before being rebranded the Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (H

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