WABC7, Wall St. Journal & Bloomberg: Barket Defends Man Charged With Death Threats to Fed Regulators

WABC7, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek and others quoted Bruce Barket about his representation of a New York money manager charged with threatening to kill 47 U.S. current or former officials of the CFTC, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other securities regulators. The client, who has a long history of legal battles with the government, allegedly sent threatening emails and posted an online "execution list," specifically naming officials, including Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro and Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler. He faces two counts of transmitting death threats, each punishable by up to five years in prison. The alleged threat came shortly after the CFTC brought an enforcement action accusing the client and two of his companies with operating unregistered investments. The CFTC had sought civil monetary penalties and a permanent injunction. Concern for the safety of public officials is particularly high since the recent mass shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson, Arizona, which resulted in the death of federal judge John Roll and five other people.