Trump says Nancy Pelosi shouldn't be allowed to trade stocks, as calls grow for a Congress-wide ban

Nancy Pelosi should be banned from trading individual stocks according to Donald Trump.

It's not right. During a promotional call for his photo book, Trump told the right-wing outlet that it was not appropriate.

She's clever in one way and crazy in another. She shouldn't be allowed to do that with the stock market. He said it was not fair to the rest of the country.

Trump's intervention is the latest in a series of calls to limit or stop members of Congress, their spouses, and their aides from trading stocks while in office.

They follow the publication of Insider's "Conflicted Congress" project, which found widespread violation of laws meant to regulate how lawmakers trade stocks.

Insider found that 54 members of Congress and 182 senior congressional staffers violated the STOCK Act, which requires timely disclosure of trades.

Financial disclosures show that Pelosi and her husband made millions on tech stocks. The trading activity of her office was rated "borderline" by Insider after she discovered a violation of the STOCK Act.

In December, Pelosi said that lawmakers should be allowed to trade stocks. She said that they are a free market economy.

Many in Congress have different opinions.

If the Republicans win a majority in the House in the mid-terms, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he would consider limits on lawmakers holding or trading stocks.

Several bills seeking to introduce laws to control how lawmakers trade stocks have been tabled in recent weeks.

Pelosi seems to be open to some changes to the system. The Committee on House Administration was asked by Pelosi to consider harsher penalties for violating the STOCK Act.

According to a Pelosi spokesman, the speaker asked the Committee on House Administration to look into the issue of Members' noncompliance with the reporting requirements in the STOCK Act.

The issue is for Congress to work out, according to the White House.

Data for Progress conducted polling that found that a majority of US voters support a ban on lawmakers trading stocks while in office.