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Scott Bessent: “I think it's incumbent upon both houses of Congress to get…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Warren Presses Bessent Over Trump Stock Trades in Senate Finance Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

One, President Trump is not sitting in the Oval Office engaging in a high frequency trading strategy. Clearly, clear, clearly he had an outside manager who was doing that. And they so, and I think it's incumbent upon both houses of Congress to get their house in order before you move to the administrative branch. You think it's okay for the President because let's clear, you are a Wall street guy, so you know better. The investments that the Trump that President Trump has made are not blind. (01:43–01:54)

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Asserts that Congress should address its own issues before focusing on the executive branch.

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