May 20, 2002
The controversy over Chairman Pitt’s meetings has begun to boil again after new revelations that the Chairman met with Xerox executives last December – before the SEC reached its record settlement with Xerox – and against the wishes of some SEC staffers. Although there are no allegations of law violations, critics don’t like the “optics” of the Chairman’s meetings.
See the May 18th article in the Washington Post at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35653-2002May17.html.