SEC Chair To Lawmaker: Madoff Hearing “Cannot Have Been Satisfactory For You” | Talking Points Memo

Remember that weird moment during yesterday’s Madoff hearings, when the SEC’s top lawyer, Andy Vollmer, declined to answer questions, and kinda sorta implied he was asserting executive privilege, before backing off that claim when pressed by lawmakers? The moment that provoked Rep. Gary Ackerman’s blunt assessment: “We thought the enemy was Mr. Madoff. I think it’s you”?


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