Jeremy Scahill
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And that's going to get passed on.
They're going to get squeezed and then you're going to get squeezed.
So it's disgusting.
And let me add this.
The U.S.
SEC's ex-enforcement chief.
clashed with bosses over Trump cases before leaving, according to sources.
This is from Reuters.
So I saw someone flag on Twitter that this enforcement chief over at the SEC had just resigned earlier this month, right before this level of insider trading is clearly happening in conjunction with
the war.
And so Reuters was able to get the scoop about what was actually going on here.
And lo and behold, it was over a lack of enforcement, especially with cases that have ties to Trump and the Trump family.
So Reuters reports the US SEC's top enforcement official who left abruptly last week had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its enforcement program, including the handling of cases with ties to Trump and his family,
According to three people familiar, SEC Enforcement Division Director Margaret Ryan resigned last Monday after just over six months on the job.
Reuters was first to report her resignation email seen by Reuters did not say why she was leaving and she declined to comment.
Two of the people said 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.
Of course, they deny it.
One case they say that sparked tension in particular involved cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, a major backer of Trump's family's World Liberty Financial Venture.
That's their crypto grift.
Another involved Tesla boss Elon Musk, a big donor, of course, to Trump's campaign, who briefly served as the president's special advisor.