Empower Oversight (@EMPOWR

Empower Oversight

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Empower Oversight

@EMPOWR_us

Accountability and public integrity through the power of information. 🆕 Documentary in Production 🎬 empowr.us/shielded-by-po…

Washington, DC

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Empower Oversight
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Mar 12
🚨 DOCUMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 Shielded by Power | Whistleblowers vs. the Big Guy The story the mainstream media won’t tell is now becoming a documentary. Empower Oversight in partnership with Fruition Productions is launching Shielded by Power, a new film exposing the inside
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Empower Oversight
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Dec 2, 2024
🚨🚨🚨IRS Whistleblowers Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent Joe Ziegler made the following statement after President Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden. ⬇️ "No amount of lies or spin can hide the simple truth that the Justice Department nearly let the
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Empower Oversight
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Aug 25, 2022
"Empower Oversight...is calling for an investigation into ethics failures at the SEC after records emerged alleging one of its former employees, William Hinman, had a direct financial interest in a law firm...while working at the SEC."
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Questions Mount over Alleged SEC Conflicts of Interest in Ripple Crypto Case
Pressure is mounting on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over an alleged conflict of interest involving a member of the agency and Ether, the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain.
Empower Oversight
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Dec 10, 2021
Empower Oversight Sues SEC For Access to FOIA Documents Amid Crypto Conflict of Interest Concerns @SEC_Enforcement @SECGov @GaryGensler #cryptotrading #crypto #Bitcoin $BTC $ETH $XRP
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Empower Oversight Sues SEC For Access to FOIA Documents Amid Crypto Conflict of Interest Concerns -...
UPDATE (February 11): On the afternoon of Friday, February 11, 2022, the government filed a motion (PDF) in the litigation referenced below, asking the judge for an extension of time to file its...
Empower Oversight
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Feb 8, 2022
This admission from SEC means its previous “no records” response was false. Empower Oversight expects full, legally required transparency from @SECGov.
CryptoLaw
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Feb 8, 2022
🚨BREAKING: Document released by @EMPOWR_us reveals @SECGov found "approx. 1,000 pages" of records detailing communications between William Hinman and Simpson Thacher while he was in office, responsive to watchdog group's FOIA request 👇(1/4) empowr.us/wp-content/upl…
Empower Oversight
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Apr 8, 2022
Empower Oversight Obtains Additional Documents Shedding Light on Potential Cryptocurrency Conflicts of Interest within the SEC empowr.us/empower-oversi… #cryptotrading #crypto #Bitcoin $BTC $ETH $XRP
Empower Oversight Obtains Additional Documents Shedding Light on Potential Cryptocurrency Conflicts...
From empowr.us
Empower Oversight
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Jul 10, 2023
Statement from IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley's legal team on U.S. Attorney David Weiss's letter today to the Senate Judiciary Committee: "U.S. Attorney David Weiss’s story continues to change. As a practical matter, it makes no difference whether Weiss requested
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Empower Oversight
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Jun 11, 2024
Replying to @EMPOWR_us
Here is one of the interview outlines the FBI Security Division used to question our client's co-workers about his political opinions:
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Empower Oversight
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Jun 11, 2024
🚨Empower Oversight President @tristanleavitt discloses evidence of @FBI Security Division abusing clearance reviews to probe whether FBI employees had ever: - Expressed support for President Trump, or - Expressed opposition to the COVID-19 vaccine. empr.me/FBISecDQs
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Empower Oversight
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Apr 8, 2022
Replying to @EMPOWR_us
The documents show that the SEC ethics office cautioned former SEC official William Hinman that he had a direct financial interest in Simpson Thacher, yet Hinman continued to meet with the firm in spite of these warnings.
Empower Oversight
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Apr 8, 2022
Replying to @EMPOWR_us
Hinman met with Josh Bonnie, a partner at Simpson Thacher, at least three times after that warning. Hinman also met with the co-founders and investors in Ethereum ahead of a market-moving speech he gave in 2018 declaring the digital asset Ether to not be a security.
Empower Oversight
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Jun 23, 2023
Statement from IRS Agent Gary Shapley's legal team: "In an October 7, 2022, meeting at the Delaware U.S. Attorney's Office, U.S. Attorney David Weiss told six witnesses he did not have authority to charge in other districts and had thus requested special counsel status. Those six
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Empower Oversight
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Feb 11, 2022
"The SEC’s action essentially wiped out $15 billion in value for tens of thousands of retail holders around the world. That didn’t exactly further the SEC’s official mission of protecting investors." — @JsnFostr
Shining a Light on Would-be Cryptocurrency Regulators
From jasonfoster.substack.com
Empower Oversight
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May 10, 2022
Empower Oversight Requests SEC-OIG Conduct Investigation into the Failure of the SEC’s Ethics Office to Prevent Cryptocurrency Conflicts of Interest by Senior Staff empowr.us/empower-oversi… #cryptotrading #crypto #Bitcoin $BTC $ETH $XRP
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Empower Oversight Requests SEC-OIG Conduct Investigation into the Failure of the SEC’s Ethics...
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight sent a letter to the Office of the Inspector General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC-OIG) requesting a comprehensive review of the SEC’s ethics officia...