{"id":573293,"date":"2026-03-24T06:52:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/secs-top-enforcer-clashed-over-trump-cases-before-quitting-report\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T06:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:52:40","slug":"secs-top-enforcer-clashed-over-trump-cases-before-quitting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/24\/secs-top-enforcer-clashed-over-trump-cases-before-quitting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC\u2019s top enforcer clashed over Trump cases before quitting: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SEC\u2019s<\/p>\n

The SEC\u2019s handling of cases involving Justin Sun and Elon Musk was among the factors that caused the agency\u2019s top enforcement official to quit, according to sources.<\/p>\n

The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s former top enforcement official reportedly clashed with the regulator\u2019s top brass before suddenly quitting last week, with part of the reason being how the agency handled cases of those close to US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Margaret Ryan, the ex-director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, wanted to pursue fraud and other charges in cases involving those in Trump\u2019s orbit, but was resisted by SEC Chair Paul Atkins and other Republican political appointees, Reuters reported<\/a> on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n

Two cases that created tension between Ryan and the SEC\u2019s top officials involved crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, both of whom have ties to Trump, with Musk serving as a special White House adviser.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The SEC\u2019s handling of cases involving Justin Sun and Elon Musk was among the factors that caused the agency\u2019s top enforcement official to quit, according to sources. The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s former top enforcement official reportedly clashed with the regulator\u2019s top brass before suddenly quitting last week, with part of the reason being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-573293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}