How might Trump’s SEC pick handle Wall Street? Experts weigh in

In his previous tenure at the SEC, Paul Atkins voted against at least 10 enforcement actions punishing individuals and companies, including Citigroup and IBM.

President-elect Donald Trump’s SEC pick voted several times against punishing big companies and was extremely critical of the agency’s enforcement process when he was a top official there, according to public records and former SEC attorneys, in a possible glimpse of what is to come under his leadership.