I have no idea if this is true, but one story that I’ve read about Joseph Kennedy Sr. (JFK’s father), is that he took all the dirty tricks he learned on Wall St

I have no idea if this is true, but one story that I’ve read about Joseph Kennedy Sr. (JFK’s father), is that he took all the dirty tricks he learned on Wall Street (and on which he made his family fortune) and essentially traded that knowledge for political power becoming the first chairman of the SEC.