Watchdog sues SEC over FOIA access to docs on potential crypto conflict of interest By Cointelegraph

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Watchdog group Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research (EMPOWR) has filed suit against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to force the agency to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for access to communications between former SEC officials and their former and future employers.

EMPOWR claimed in its suit that the former SEC officials had a potential conflict of interest regarding cryptocurrency. The suit specifically mentioned former SEC Chair Jay Clayton, former Enforcement Division Director Marc Berger and former Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman. According to the suit: