Former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler's texts were deleted during his tenure, and congressional Republicans have launched an investigation.

Golden Finance reports that on September 30, Republican members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to current SEC Chairman Paul Atkins questioning the technical department's automated deletion of text messages from former Chairman Gary Gensler during the period from October 2022 to September 2023. This period coincided with the SEC's series of lawsuits against cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase and Binance. The investigation by the independent office of regulatory agencies shows that this is due to defects in the equipment management policy. Lawmakers also mentioned that Gary Gensler used a personal email to handle official business during his tenure at the CFTC, questioning whether he violated the Federal Records Act.