While publicly advocating for limiting emissions in the hopes of stemming climate change, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi simultaneously spent nearly half a million dollars on private flights over the past year, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission first reported by Fox News.

Pelosi’s team reported expenditures to two private flight companies – Advanced Aviation Team in Virginia and Clay Lacy Aviation in California – that totaled $489,164.85 between October 2020 and December 2021.

During that span, Pelosi spoke at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. There, she invoked religion in advocating for global changes in emissions standards.

“I believe this is God’s creation, and we have a moral obligation to be good stewards,” Pelosi said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-under-fire-for-spending-nearly-500k-on-private-jet-flights/ar-AATCO1T

FIRST ON FOX: Several Republicans signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Committee on House Administration Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., calling on them to investigate the reports of Capitol Police "monitoring" lawmakers and citizens.

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., led the letter exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital with 33 of his GOP colleagues to Pelosi and Lofgren regarding reports that Capitol Police have dug into the backgrounds of people who meet with lawmakers.

"Recent reports state that the Capitol Police are surveilling Members of Congress, Congressional staff, and their Capitol visitors," Biggs told Fox News Digital in a Monday statement.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-pelosi-capitol-police-monitoring

Nancy Pelosi's challenger in California thinks putting the House speaker on blast for supporting congressional stock trading might finally pay dividends for him in his third attempt at unseating the long-term lawmaker.

"She spent 34 years enriching herself at the public's expense. And this is how," Shahid Buttar, a Democrat who unsuccessfully ran against Pelosi in 2020 and 2018, told Insider in an exclusive interview.

Pelosi is running for reelection to a 19th term even as she takes heat from anti-corruption advocates and lawmakers from both parties the past two months for saying lawmakers should enjoy the "free market economy" and continue to trade in individual stocks.

"The only reason we're having this conversation is because somebody actually showed up for work and asked Nancy Pelosi last year to defend an indefensible practice," Buttar said of the ongoing uproar sparked by Insider's "Conflicted Congress" project.

The months-long investigation revealed that dozens of federal lawmakers and nearly 200 senior-level congressional staffers have violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act and rarely get penalized for it.

https://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-pelosi-challenger-shahid-buttar-stock-trading-conflicted-congress-2022-2