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HomeMorgenson:Corralling Mobsters, if Not Many Big Banks
Posted by Larry Doyle on March 10th, 2013 9:12 AM |
Mary Jo White’s confirmation hearing to be the next head of the Securities and Exchange Commission is scheduled for this coming Tuesday.
Will any of our officials supposedly representing the public interest have the courage and character to question Ms. White about the skeleton in her closet, that being her intervention on behalf of Morgan Stanley, that derailed an insider trading case then being pursued by SEC lawyer Gary Aguirre?
Or might that be too much to ask and too upsetting to the cronyism disguised as public service these days? (more…)
“White House Could Grant Mary Jo White a Waiver From Ethics Pledge”
Posted by Larry Doyle on February 19th, 2013 6:04 AM |
If Mary Jo White were to be confirmed as the new head of the SEC, might she be the most conflicted individual to be our nation’s chief financial cop since the first person to occupy that seat, that being Joe Kennedy himself?
The White House and Washington would like to position Ms. White’s confirmation as nothing more than a formality. Our democracy deserves better than that. (more…)
