SEC chair attended Don Jr.'s party before SEC granted Don Jr.-backed gun company approval to go publictimeline_event

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2025-07-28 · 1 min read · Edit on Pyrite

type: timeline_event Paul Atkins, serving as SEC chair in the second Trump administration, attended the launch party for Trump's Georgetown MAGA private member's club before approving a Donald Trump Jr.-backed company, GrabAGun, to trade publicly, raising concerns about potential regulatory capture.