Trump Sends Bipartisan Slate of SEC and CFTC Nominees to the Senate Before Democrats Take Control

President Trump on Thursday nominated four commissioners to the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, including his first Democratic picks for the two powerful financial regulators. For the SEC, Trump tapped Democrat Kristin Johnson of Michigan and Republican Steven Levine of Maryland. Johnson, a former CFTC commissioner appointed by then-President Biden,