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The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seen at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Supreme Court rules that jury trial is required when SEC seeks civil penalties

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of the SEC, April 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two lawsuits filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, have reopened tensions between the government and a volatile industry that has been marred by scandals and market meltdowns. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

SEC’s aggressive prosecutions appear to run afoul of ethics and the law itself

By Justin Bis

Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves as he leaves the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars after a visit in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, March 13, 2024. After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs, multiple media outlets reported Monday. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Judge: Musk must testify in SEC Twitter probe

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seen at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

SEC charges Trump Media’s newly hired auditing firm with ‘massive fraud’

By David Hamilton - Associated Press

The sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, Texas, April 8, 2020. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission paused on Thursday, April 4, 2024, the implementation of its new climate disclosure rule while it defends the regulation in court. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Senators launch offensive to overturn SEC’s climate change rule

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

The SEC should not be America’s climate regulator

By Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars after a visit in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Power has been restored to electric car manufacturer Tesla's factory near Berlin about a week after an outage believed to have been caused by arson, a network operator says. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

SEC accuses Musk of stalling investigation

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the climate regulator illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The SEC wants to be a climate regulator

By Rep. Frank Lucas

SEC clears Rumble after reports of investigation

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 3, 2022. Shareholders of a business looking to merge with the social media company that houses Trump’s Truth Social have voted to extend a deadline to give more time to complete the deal. Digital World Acquisition Corp. said Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 that its stockholders voted to give up to a one-year extension to finish the deal. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Trump’s Truth Social gets closer to Wall Street after SEC approves merger

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk speaks during an interview with Ben Shapiro at the European Jewish Association's conference, in Krakow, Poland, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. A judge has ordered Musk Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, to testify as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation into his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X, in 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC probe of his $44 billion Twitter takeover

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

SEC shows dangerous commitment to ESG agenda

By Carla Sands

FILE - An advertisement for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin displayed on a tram, May 12, 2021, in Hong Kong. U.S. regulators are soon expected to decide whether to approve the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund, a development that could thrust the once niche and nerdy corner of the internet even further into the financial mainstream. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Regulators OK new bitcoin funds in move that could spur more investment in the digital currency

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

FILE - An advertisement for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin displayed on a tram, May 12, 2021, in Hong Kong. U.S. regulators are soon expected to decide whether to approve the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund, a development that could thrust the once niche and nerdy corner of the internet even further into the financial mainstream. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Securities and Exchange Commission approves first exchange-traded funds that hold bitcoin

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

The seal of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at SEC headquarters, June 19, 2015, in Washington. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, that a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, announcing that the securities regulator had approved the trading of exchange-traded funds holding bitcoin was fake, and that the agency’s account had been “compromised.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

SEC chair Gary Gensler denies a bitcoin ETF has been approved, says account on X was hacked

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk looks on, during an in-conversation event with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Lancaster House in London, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Musk, who's been under fire over accusations of antisemitism flourishing on his social media platform X, paid a visit Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, to Israel, where he toured a kibbutz that was attacked last month by Hamas militants and was set to meet with top leaders. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)

Judge orders Musk to testify in SEC probe of Twitter acquisition

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen near sunset in Washington, on Oct. 18, 2018. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broader attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Supreme Court raises concerns with federal government agencies’ penalties versus right to jury trial

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The exterior of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building is pictured on May 4, 2021, in Washington. U.S. regulators on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, sued SolarWinds, a Texas-based technology company whose software was breached in a massive 2020 Russian cyberespionage campaign, for fraud for failing to disclose security deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack. Detected in December 2020, the SolarWinds hack penetrated U.S. government agencies, including the Justice and Homeland Security departments, and more than 100 private companies and think tanks. It was a rude wake-up call on the perils of neglecting cybersecurity. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

U.S. regulators sue SolarWinds and security chief for alleged cyber neglect ahead of Russian hack

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

Elon Musk vs. the SEC

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Germany's government rebuked X owner Elon Musk after he criticized the recent work of migrant rescue ships that German humanitarian groups operate in the Mediterranean Sea. (Patrick Pleul/Pool via AP, File)

SEC seeks court order to make Elon Musk to testify in probe of his Twitter acquisition

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