Senator John Kennedy grills SEC nominee Paul Atkins about SBF pardon

The Louisiana lawmaker demanded that the Securities and Exchange Commission ensure that two standards of law don’t exist in the US.

US Senator John Kennedy grilled prospective Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Paul Atkins about a potential pardon for Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried during the Senate Banking Committee’s March 27 nomination hearing.

The Louisiana Republican directed a series of questions about the former FTX CEO toward Atkins and probed the prospective SEC chairman about donations Bankman-Fried’s family made to Stanford University.

Senator John Kennedy questions prospective SEC chairman Paul Atkins. Source: Senate Banking Committee

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