On Thanksgiving eve, something weird happened. The CME ($CME) Group’s (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) CEO, Terry Duffy, was on FOX News’ Tucker Carlson.
Carlson asked Duffy:
“As someone involved in business, what, why did none of the regulators do that? Where was Gary Gensler?”
Duffy replied: “Well, I don’t know where Gary Gensler was, but my regulator at the CFTC I bribed, I asked them, why in the world are you invoking the Commodity Exchange Act, Section 5, Paragraph b….”
A slip of the tongue? You be the judge. You can watch the clip on Twitter:
“My regulator at the CFTC, I bribed—I asked…”
One of the funniest moment on cable in a long time pic.twitter.com/osBh8cnFi1
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) November 23, 2022
No update or explanation has been made at the time of writing this article. 🤦♂️