Fishy Comment Letters Are Being Investigated, SEC’s Clayton Says

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton says his agency is investigating claims that a Virginia-based advocacy group was behind suspicious comment letters submitted in support of a rule change sought by large corporations.

“We’re having an investigation done of this issue,” Clayton said Tuesday in response to a question at a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington.