House Oversight Chairman Wants Answers on Gensler's Academic Appointees

Also, Republican commissioners 'anonymously' weigh in on FSOC rule

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee chairman is training his sights on several of Gary Gensler’s top deputies, questioning whether the agency skirted federal hiring rules to install them in key rulemaking posts.

In a letter sent to the SEC chief yesterday, James Comer singled out four division directors who are academics: William Birdthistle…