The Securities and Exchange Commission found itself in the crosshairs of two 2016 presidential candidates this week.
On Monday, Hillary Clinton co-authored a Huffington Post article with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on the so-called “revolving door,” a career path where financial industry personnel join regulatory agencies and later return to their former firm or a competitor. Bringing private-sector experience into the government can, at times, be an asset, they wrote, but it can also affect the public trust “if a public servant’s past and future are tied to the financial industry.”
