For some strange reason, controversial meetings just fall off the calendar. Biden administration SEC chairman Gary Gensler “scrubbed mention of a meeting with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and key details of a meeting with billionaire Democratic donor George Soros from the public version of his calendar.”
Meetings just disappear
Fox News is reporting that Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler made some shady edits to meetings on his calendar.
For instance, the entry on his public calendar for August 7, 2021 only shows a staff meeting. His private dayrunner shows a different entry. A meeting with Hillary Clinton.
Just two weeks later, on August 20, he lists a meeting with George Soros publicly, “but hid the meeting’s agenda which his private calendar shows was to discuss a forthcoming Wall Street Journal op-ed the business magnate was planning to write.”
Prediction: Gensler will announce a slew of US enforcement actions to appear tough on crypto and draw attention away from his cozy relationship with FTX.
Note that he attacked everyone but the actual criminals! https://t.co/qhMeeFgQLp pic.twitter.com/tFgWFjBTPm
— Balaji (@balajis) November 16, 2022
What other meetings did he get away with hiding, everyone is asking.
Watchdog group Energy Policy Advocates got a copy of records about the meetings and couldn’t wait to share the discrepancies with Fox.
“The group was only able to obtain the internal records after filing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the SEC.” That means, they asked nicely and were denied, so they lawyered up and went in with heavy artillery.
SEC says ‘oops.’
When Fox reached out to the SEC for comment, they scrambled to update the public record “to include his meeting with Clinton in August 2021.” That change has been made since Wednesday. The initial response claimed “the public calendar listed the Clinton meeting.” They were wrong unless they list meetings invisibly.
“When sent a screen capture of the calendar showing the Clinton meeting wasn’t listed, the spokesperson responded saying the agency updates calendars ‘from time to time‘ when it discovers that something is missing or inaccurate.” That’s when they updated.
Gensler had a former life as Goldman Sachs executive and Obama administration official before becoming chief financial officer for Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016.
In April of 2021, he was confirmed him to lead the SEC. It didn’t take long for Hillary to pay him an official visit. Meetings with Nancy Pelosi managed to fall between the cracks as well.
So did meetings with “Washington, D.C.-based consultant Minyon Moore, a former White House official.” That’s another “oops.” According to the palace, “the public calendar has now been updated to show those meetings as well.” Funny how the mistakes only happen to sensitive names.
The op-ed that Gensler helped George Soros write “blasted major asset manager BlackRock for launching investment products for Chinese customers while applauding the company’s environmental policies. Soros eventually argued that Congress should pass legislation giving the already-powerful SEC more regulatory authority.” What a nice way to say thank you for some inside advice.
