U.S. government regulator Empower Oversight issued a document in support of technology policy expert Roslyn Layton’s motion to intervene in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) vs. Ripple lawsuit filed with the Southern District Court of New York, which requested access to a 2018 publication by former SEC executive William Hinman. Documentation of controversial speeches on cryptocurrencies. "The public deserves an answer from the SEC," said Jason Foster, founder and president of Empower Oversight. Last October, Empower Oversight challenged the SEC’s motion for simple judgment in its ongoing Freedom of Information Act litigation regarding conflicts of interest and selective enforcement-related documents in cryptocurrency cases. Foresight News previously reported that on February 16, technology policy expert Roslyn Layton had filed a motion to intervene in the SEC-Ripple lawsuit, requesting access to Hinman's speech documents.