A partner at the elite corporate law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, Clayton is one of the top lawyers on Wall Street. “[Clayton is] not just a former Wall Street lawyer, he’s not just a former Goldman Sachs attorney ― he was Goldman’s bailout lawyer. And now he wants to oversee all of Wall Street,” notes Kurt Walters, campaign director with the liberal advocacy group Demand Progress. Even people from red states ought to be able to stand together for working people against Wall Street. “Jay Clayton has spent his entire career serving Wall Street, representing Goldman Sachs and other big banks,” says Americans for Financial Reform Executive Director Lisa Donner.

Source: Huffington Post March 21, 2017 20:43 UTC