Attorneys general in Republican-dominated states were reportedly ordered by former President Donald Trump to investigate former Speaker Nancy Pelosi due to her husband’s sale of Visa shares.
A few months prior to the federal government’s filing of an antitrust lawsuit against the credit giant, Paul Pelosi divested himself of the stock.
The lawsuit accused the credit behemoth of engaging in monopolistic practices.
On July 1st, Pelosi sold 2,000 shares of the stock for an estimated $500,000.
Nevertheless, it is uncertain whether Pelosi derived any financial gain from the transaction.
A lawsuit against Visa was announced by the Justice Department earlier this week.
Trump made an allegation during a rally in Michigan on Friday that Pelosi had sold the Visa stock the day before the DOJ made its announcement.
He subsequently demanded that the former speaker and her spouse be subjected to an investigation.
“So I’m not much into this stuff, but visa crashed because the government went after. The government filed a big suit against Visa. Nancy and her husband sold their stock the day before it was announced.” Trump said at the rally.
“Nancy Pelosi. So why don’t we get some AG somewhere, like in a Republican territory, and why don’t we get them to, do a little investigation? Sold the Visa stock! Are you listening? They’re probably turning off the cameras now.” he continued
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