“In 2018, Paul Atkins was paid $1,450 an hour to be an expert witness by Devon Archer’s lawyers as they tried to undermine accusations that their client defrauded a Native American tribal entity and others out of $60 million,” the New York Times reports.
“While Mr. Archer was convicted anyway, he was pardoned by President Trump in March.”
“And last week, with Mr. Atkins serving as the Trump-appointed chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, his agency moved to dismiss a civil case against Mr. Archer related to the same fraud.”
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