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Scott Bessent: “We are mobilizing some of the same tools that we have…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 41:55

Through our Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and irsci, we have spent decades developing the world's most sophisticated financial counterterrorism capabilities. And now We are mobilizing some of the same tools that we have deployed against terrorists abroad to confront this emerging threat here at home. Like every form of illicit finance, these networks rely on the global financial system. It is our mandate to deny terrorist groups access to those channels. (41:55–42:04)

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Asserts that the US Treasury is using tools previously used against foreign terrorists to address domestic threats.

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