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Attorney John E. Deaton has said that the emails and documents used for Bill Hinman’s contentious 2018 speech at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit, often known as the Hinman documents, would eventually be made available to the public.
The records could be made publicly available with certain redactions if Judge Analisa Torres refers to them in her summary judgment ruling in the SEC case against Ripple. It is important to note that Deaton previously submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request asking for the disclosure of the emails and drafts and has stated his intention to pursue legal action.
“If Judge Torres cites to or relies on the emails/drafts in making her decision, I am 75% sure that she will declare them “judicial documents” and order that they be unsealed (but with limited redactions). But even if she doesn’t, the emails and drafts are going to be made public.”
Talking about why he is so confident, the attorney said that further enforcement actions will be brought, including ones against @coinbase @kraken and @BinanceUS. He also added that last year he predicted that the exchanges would face legal action for selling securities. He also said that a lawsuit against Dragon Chain is also pending. The Ethereum Blockchain governs #DRGN, an ERC20 token and he thinks that they will try to obtain these emails and drafts to aid in their defense.
“Rumor has it that 2-300 projects have been issued subpoenas and dozens of companies have received Wells Notices. @EleanorTerrett reported Gensler has beefed up his crypto enforcement team – and that’s after doubling it last year.”
His tweets come after Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s criticism of the SEC’s inconsistency with regard to disclosure, transparency, and clarity. The “shamefulness” of the regulator’s actions, according to Garlinghouse, will be shocking when the truth eventually comes out.