David Lawder
By David Lawder
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Fast Forward Steve Mnuchin Faces Questions Over Plug For ‘Lego Batman’ Movie
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee asked the government ethics watchdog on Monday to review comments by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plugging “The Lego Batman Movie,” a film one of his companies produced, for a possible ethics violation. In a letter to Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub, Senator Ron Wyden said…
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Fast Forward Steven Mnuchin Sworn In As Treasury Secretary
President Donald Trump swore in former Goldman Sachs banker and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary on Monday, putting him to work on tax reform, financial de-regulation and economic diplomacy efforts. The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Mnuchin 53-47, with all but one Democrat opposing him over his handling of thousands of foreclosures as…
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Fast Forward Steve Mnuchin, Wall Street Mogul With Roots in Hollywood, Poised To Be Named Treasury Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years. Mnuchin, who was Trump’s presidential campaign finance chairman, could…
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