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Monsanto-Linked Lobbyist Could Soon Be Confirmed As Commodities Regulator
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April 26, 2018
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12:02Now PlayingTYT's Alex Kotch has uncovered a "glaring conflict of interest" with respect to President Donald Trump’s pick to help lead a key financial regulatory agency. Lobbyist Dawn Stump is married to the top executive at Monsanto—a company over which she will have oversight. And, until last year she did lobbying work for an industry she will also oversee, federal documents show.
Stump was nominated last year to sit on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which was created to regulate trading of commodities such as wheat and corn—but now includes futures contracts for other commodities and financial instruments such as swaps.
Read Alex's report here
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