Michael Robert Milken is an American financier. He is known for his role in the development of the market for high-yield bonds,and his conviction and sentence following a guilty plea on felony charges for violating U.S. securities laws. Milken's compensation while head of the high-yield bond department at Drexel Burnham Lambert in the late 1980s exceeded $1 billion over a four-year period,a record for U.S. income at that time. With a net worth of US$6 billion as of 2022,he is among the richest people in the world.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government,created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market manipulation.
Sullivan &Cromwell LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in New York City. It is one of the most profitable law firms in the world,with 2021 profits per partner exceeding $6 million and profits per lawyer exceeding $1.3 million.
Gary Gensler is an American government official and former Goldman Sachs investment banker serving as the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Gensler previously led the Biden–Harris transition's Federal Reserve,Banking,and Securities Regulators agency review team. Prior to his appointment,he was professor of Practice of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Michael Thomas Flynn is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who was the 24th U.S. national security advisor for the first 22 days of the Trump administration. He resigned in light of reports that he had lied regarding conversations with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. Flynn's military career included a key role in shaping U.S. counterterrorism strategy and dismantling insurgent networks in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars,and he was given numerous combat arms,conventional,and special operations senior intelligence assignments. He became the 18th director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in July 2012 until his forced retirement from the military in August 2014. During his tenure he gave a lecture on leadership at the Moscow headquarters of the Russian military intelligence directorate GRU,the first American official to be admitted entry to the headquarters.
Environmental,social,and corporate governance (ESG) is a set of aspects considered when investing in companies,that recommends taking environmental issues,social issues and corporate governance issues into account.
Jerome Hayden "Jay" Powell is an American attorney and investment banker who has served since 2018 as the 16th chair of the Federal Reserve.
Robert "Bob" J. Giuffra Jr. is an American attorney. He is Co-Chair and a partner of Sullivan &Cromwell in New York,and is a member of their Management Committee.
From the 1970s until he was elected president in 2016,Donald John Trump Sr. and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in U.S. federal and state courts,including battles with casino patrons,million-dollar real estate lawsuits,personal defamation lawsuits,and over 100 business tax disputes. He has also been accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault,with one accusation resulting in Trump being held civilly liable.
Donald Trump assumed office as president of the United States on January 20,2017,and his term ended on January 20,2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
Brent James McIntosh is an American attorney who served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 2017 to 2019. He previously served as General Counsel of the United States Treasury. Prior to his government service,McIntosh was a partner at Sullivan &Cromwell and served as co-head of the firm's cybersecurity practice. Mcintosh is currently Citigroup's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.
Jeffrey Bryan Wall is an American attorney and former government official who served as the acting Solicitor General of the United States and the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States during the Donald Trump administration. He is now a partner and head of Supreme Court and Appellate Practice at Sullivan &Cromwell in New York and Washington,DC.
The Robert Mueller special counsel investigation was an investigation into 45th U.S. president Donald Trump regarding Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and was conducted by special prosecutor Robert Mueller from May 2017 to March 2019. It was also called the Russia investigation,the Mueller probe,and the Mueller investigation.
Steven Peikin is an American lawyer,who began his career as a prosecutor and later transitioned to white collar criminal defense for the law firm Sullivan &Cromwell,where he was Managing Partner. On June 8,2017 he was appointed as co-director of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Division,a title he shares with Stephanie Avakian. The division is responsible for overseeing investigations into misconduct in the financial markets and brings civil suits against those who have committed fraud or other financial crimes.
Conor James Lamb is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 2018 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously represented the neighboring 18th district in 2018. Lamb was also an unsuccessful candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania.
Geoffrey Steven Berman is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020. He is a partner at the law firm Fried,Frank,Harris,Shriver &Jacobson.
This is a timeline of events in the first half of 2019 related to investigations into the many suspicious links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies relating to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It follows the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,both before and after July 2016,until November 8,2016,the transition,the first and second halves of 2017,the first and second halves of 2018,and followed by the second half of 2019,2020,and 2021.
This is a timeline of events from 2020 to 2022 related to investigations into the many suspicious links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies relating to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It follows the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,both before and after July 2016,until November 8,2016,election day,the transition,the first and second halves of 2017,the first and second halves of 2018,and the first and second halves of 2019.
Audrey Strauss is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from June 20,2020,to October 10,2021. Previously the deputy U.S. Attorney,Strauss became the acting U.S. Attorney after the previous U.S. attorney,Geoffrey Berman,was fired by President Donald Trump at the request of Attorney General William Barr. On December 22,2020,the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York,effective January 16,2021,and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546(d),unanimously appointed Strauss as U.S. Attorney for an indeterminate term.
