House Speaker Nancy Pelosi buys millions of dollars in call options in Google, Disney, others

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband have purchased millions of dollars in call options in several technology stocks, including Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) and Disney (NYSE:DIS), according to CongressTrading.com, a database that keeps track of lawmaker's stock trades.
In addition, Pelosi and her husband, Paul, who runs Financial Leasing Services, a real estate and venture capital investment and consulting firm, also purchased call options in Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) and Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM).
The purchases were made between December 17 and December 21.
The Salesforce.com (CRM) and the Google (GOOGL) purchases were the most expensive, according to the database, costing between $500,001 and $1 million. The other acquisitions were between $250,001 and $500,000.
Pelosi has come under fire for the trades in the past, but has defended them, most recently saying earlier this month that this is a "free market economy" and lawmakers "should be able to participate in that."
Hedge fund manager Dan Niles recently said that Google (GOOGL), along with Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) were his top stock picks for 2022.