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Biden SEC commissioner grilled on Steele filing payment
Securities and Exchange Commissioner Gary Gensler was pressured Tuesday over his role in the 2016 Hillary Clinton for president campaign, and whether he facilitated payment for the Steele dossier, a treasure trove of unverified rumors about Donald Trump.
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), clashed Tuesday with Republican Representative Byron Donalds during a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing.
Gensler appeared before the committee to discuss his department’s recent crackdown on cryptocurrency services.
After extensive questioning about the financial technology, Gensler was hit with a curveball.
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Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Gensler, who has been with the SEC since 2021, was questioned by Donalds about his time as CFO of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
“Have you facilitated payment for the Steele file since you were CFO of the Hillary Clinton campaign?” asked Donalds, referring to the compendium of unverified rumors about Donald Trump shared with the FBI.
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Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., questions witnesses at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Gensler seemed exasperated by the question and began answering “Sir”, before being told to answer “yes or no”.
“It wasn’t something I was aware of,” Gensler replied.
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Gary Gensler, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks at a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, March 29, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The scandalous dossier — funded by the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign through law firm Perkins Coie — provided the liberal media with numerous anti-Trump headlines, cable news segments and set the tone for years of daily, frenetic Russiagate coverage.
In previous testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta named Gensler as the campaign’s top money handler associated with Perkins Coie.
Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com
