'Huge Red Flag': The Case of the Redacted SEC Conflict of Interest Waiver

Trump official's waiver sparks SEC ethics uproar: 'Huge red flag'

President Donald Trump's government allowed an unnamed Securities and Exchange Commission investigator to hold stock in companies being probed, deeply alarming experts concerned with conflicts of interest, according to a new report. The investigator, whose name was redacted from a document revealed Friday by by NOTUS, was reportedly allowed to hold onto shares of Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft. The waiver was signed on May 28 by David Reinhold, t…

'Huge Red Flag': The Case of the Redacted SEC Conflict of Interest Waiver

Andrew Harnik/APEthics officials granted a conflict of interest waiver to an unnamed official at the Securities and Exchange Commission, allowing them to hold on to stocks in Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft despite their work on an investigation that could involve the companies.The waiver, which has not been previously reported, grants the SEC official permission to maintain the stocks even though they “likely” need to send subpoenas and document r…