{"id":114561,"date":"2025-04-11T13:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/11\/sec-inspector-general-releases-report-clearing-simpson-thacher-senior-adviser-of-ethics-charges\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T13:46:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:46:22","slug":"sec-inspector-general-releases-report-clearing-simpson-thacher-senior-adviser-of-ethics-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/11\/sec-inspector-general-releases-report-clearing-simpson-thacher-senior-adviser-of-ethics-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"SEC Inspector General Releases Report Clearing Simpson Thacher Senior Adviser of Ethics Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe public continues to lose trust and confidence in many institutions in government and this has been a big black eye for the SEC,  said Tristan Leavitt, the president of Empower Oversight, which requested the ethics investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/rss20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe public continues to lose trust and confidence in many institutions in government and this has been a big black eye for the SEC,  said Tristan Leavitt, the president of Empower Oversight, which requested the ethics investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/916547852\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/916547852\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png?fit=1080%2C20&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/916547852\/law\/legal-news\" 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