Trump says he would sign bill to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks

President Trump revealed that he would “absolutely” sign legislation to ban members of Congress from individual stock trading.

“I watched Nancy Pelosi get rich through insider information, and I would be okay with it. If they send that to me, I would do it,” Trump said in a Time magazine interview on Friday.

One of the authors of a bipartisan bill to ban stock purchases among members of Congress and their spouses applauded Trump's statement.

"This is very welcome news. I authored and introduced this legislation—H.R. 253–with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the very first day of this Congress to address this blatant and systemic corruption by career politicians," said Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa. "I encourage all of our colleagues to join us in our mission to get this done."