Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, her spokesperson confirmed to PEOPLE. Michelle Obama announced similar intentions earlier this week

Paul Pelosi’s trades include purchase of shares of an artificial intelligence company that has seen its stock soar nearly 50% in the last week.

The former speaker clashed with Donald Trump throughout his first term, and the acrimony between the two persisted after he left office.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to skip out on Donald Trump’s inauguration, Politico reported Thursday. A spokesperson for Pelosi told Politico that she would be joining other Democrats who planned to miss Monday’s festivities.

A spokesperson for Pelosi, who attended Trump’s 2017 inauguration, did not provide an explanation for the move.

Nancy Pelosi will not attend Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Pelosi attended the president-elect’s first inauguration in 2017, but will be a mystery no-show this time around, reported ABC News and The Hill.

A spokesperson for the Democratic House speaker emerita wouldn't say why she is missing the high-profile event.

No, public service shouldn’t require a vow of poverty. But when electeds get rich off stock trades based on inside info, it’s patently unfair to less privileged Americans, bordering on outright corruption. Trump, and the Republican-majority Congress, need to put an end to it once and for all.

Lori Ulrich, who represented Riley Williams and Joseph Fischer, talked to PennLive following the news that President Donald Trump had granted an "unconditional pardon" to around 1,500 individuals convicted of offenses related to the Jan.

He issued formal pardons to more than 1,550 rioters charged with a wide range of crimes and commuted the sentences of 14 members of far-right groups.

That last bit is key. A normal person with a functioning brain would not do what they do. They would try to win people to their side, which would require acknowledging that people are not on their side now. Instead, they’ve burrowed back into the cocoon; preferring the echo chamber turned up to 11.