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Post from suspended X account falsely attributed to Treasury secretary | Fact check
A Jan. 27 Threads post (direct link, archive link) appears to show an X post from Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “As Treasury Secretary, I’m committed to eliminating income taxes ...
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Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work
Scott Bessent, who was confirmed as Treasury secretary last week, has been named acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Bessent replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
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Elizabeth Warren’s ‘consumer watchdog’ hounded legit businesses — time to shut it down
Scott Bessent some insight on his new gig as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The bureau, originally the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, was built on the misguided ...
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CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head
President Donald Trump on Monday appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a powerful watchdog agency whose operations Bessent ...