US SEC's ex-enforcement chief clashed with bosses over cases before leaving

breve 24 points 3 comments March 24, 2026
www.reuters.com · View on Hacker News

Discussion Highlights (2 comments)

2OEH8eoCRo0

> Ryan wanted to be more aggressive in pursuing charges for fraud and other misconduct including in cases that touched the president's circle, but faced resistance from SEC chair Paul Atkins and other top Republican political appointees.

SilverElfin

Of course they killed cases against Trump friendly companies. It also means everyone else loses. Smaller companies with little wrongdoing will occupy the attention of the agencies.

Semantic search powered by Rivestack pgvector
3,471 stories · 32,344 chunks indexed