Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried her best to slap down Jake Tapper when the CNN host ambushed her with a claim from Donald Trump that she had directly benefited from insider trading. Pelosi was appearing on Tapper’s show The Lead on Wednesday to promote the 60th anniversary of Medicaid when the host went off-script to bring up the president’s latest attack on the California congresswoman over her husband’s stock trading.

President Donald Trump, speaking at a Wednesday press conference, suggested Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) should be investigated over her unusually successful stock portfolio. His remarks came in response to a question about Sen.