Neil McCabereports in Human Events December 27:

In an exclusive Human Events interview, the senior Republican on the Senate’s Agriculture Committee's Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation subcommittee discusses his take on the MF Global bankruptcy scandal.

“I have heard from several South Dakotans who were affected by the apparent fraud that occurred in the final days of MF Global before its collapse,” said Sen. John R. Thune (R-S.D.), who worked in the Small Business Administration under President Ronald W. Reagan.

The firm’s Halloween bankruptcy was followed by the November 4 resignation of its chairman and chief executive officer, former Democratic New Jersey senator and governor Jon S. Corzine. In addition to the confusion surrounding the bankruptcy filing, the company cannot account for $1.2 billion in client funds. 

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