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EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Said to Hire Former Wall Street Cop as Campaign CFO

Hillary Clinton will bring on one of Wall Street's fiercest critics to oversee her campaign's finances
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill July 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. The leaders of the two financial watchdog organizations testified and took questions from sentators during the hearing titled, "Mitigating Systemic Risk in Financial Markets through Wall Street Reforms."

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill July 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. The leaders of the two financial watchdog organizations testified and took questions from sentators during the hearing titled, "Mitigating Systemic Risk in Financial Markets through Wall Street Reforms."

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Hillary Clinton is planning to name Gary Gensler, a former top federal financial regulator and strong advocate for strict Wall Street rules, as the chief financial officer of her campaign, according to a Democrat familiar with the decision.

Gensler, in his role as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was a leading player in the drafting and then implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, the financial rules that President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010 in the wake of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Gensler also served in President Bill Clinton's Treasury Department.