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CFTC Chairman Tarbert Stepping Down
USAgNet - 12/15/2020 U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath Tarbert is planning to step down in January, he said in a statement Thursday in anticipation of the new administration of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.
Tarbert, 44, a Republican lawyer, joined the nation s main derivatives regulator in July 2019 after serving as a senior official in President Donald Trump s Treasury Department.
He said in the statement that his time at the agency had been an extraordinary privilege.
He didn t say what he plans to do next.
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