Treasury Sec. Forgets Own Job in Rush to Dodge Democrat’s Questions (opens in new tab)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent became so engrossed Wednesday in providing non-answers about the president’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that he accidentally dodged a question about his own employment.Bessent’s appearance before the Senate Finance Committee was nothing short of contentious. It was his first time speaking before the committee since Trump settled his fragile $10 billion lawsuit over the 2019-2020 leak of his tax returns with his own administration, and created an en...