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Scott Bessent: “President Trump is not sitting in the Oval Office engaging…”

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 01:33

And do you also agree that it's conflict of interest for President Trump to trade stocks? A couple of things, Senator. 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, the of Congress to get their house in order before you move to the administrative branch. (01:33–01:39)

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Asserts that President Trump is not personally involved in high-frequency trading.

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