Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn’t take kindly to CNN’s Jake Tapper pressing her about the elephant in the room: allegations of insider trading. The longtime Democrat leader lost her composure during a Wednesday interview when Tapper brought up President Donald Trump’s recent accusations that she enriched herself through privileged information while in office.

“Why do you have to read that?” Pelosi snapped when Tapper attempted to quote Trump’s statement about her suspiciously timed stock trades. “We’re here to talk about the 60th anniversary of Medicaid. That’s what I agreed to come to talk about.”

Tapper reminded her that she was being given a chance to respond. “He accused you of insider trading. What’s your response?”

“That’s ridiculous,” Pelosi fired back. She insisted she supports banning congressional stock trades to boost public trust—though she still claimed she had no personal stake in any of it.

“My husband is [into investing], but it isn’t anything to do with insider [information],” Pelosi said. She then turned the conversation back on Trump, calling him a habitual projector and criticizing him for allegedly mocking her husband’s 2022 assault.

“I’m very proud of my family,” she added, quickly returning to her planned talking points about Medicare before Tapper could circle back.

The interview came the same day the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee advanced Sen. Josh Hawley’s HONEST Act—a bill that would ban stock trading by members of Congress and their spouses while in office. That bill is a revamped version of Hawley’s earlier PELOSI Act, which was named after the Speaker as a not-so-subtle jab at the controversies surrounding her.

Pelosi publicly supported the new version, stating she backs “strong transparency, robust accountability, and tough enforcement” for financial conduct in public office. She even said she’d vote for the measure, despite its origins as an attack on her legacy.

In a statement, Pelosi’s office emphasized she doesn’t own stocks and has no involvement in her husband’s financial decisions. But critics haven’t forgotten instances like Paul Pelosi’s multimillion-dollar chip stock purchase just days before Congress passed a semiconductor subsidy bill in 2022.

The HONEST Act, in its current form, would also apply to the president and vice president. Pelosi called the legislation “serious” and said it rightly aims to restore public trust—though she added a jab about Republicans’ “creativity” in naming their bills.

Still, for many Americans, Pelosi’s temper and defensive tone in the CNN exchange won’t ease concerns. The image of political elites profiting while in power isn’t easy to shake, especially when evasive answers and family financial windfalls seem to go hand in hand.