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Treasury Secretary Besent entered into heated arguments with House Democrats during a committee hearing on Wednesday.
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While testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, Picent had several heated conversations with Democratic lawmakers about inflation and the Trump family’s investments in cryptocurrencies.
In one case, after a debate over whether tariffs cause inflation or one-time price increases, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters told a panel lead on Picent: “Can someone shut him up?”
In a sparring match with Democratic New York Rep. Gregory Meeks over the Abu Dhabi royal family’s purchase of nearly 49% of the Trump family’s cryptocurrency company World Liberty Financial last year, Meeks shouted at Besant, “Stop covering for the president. Stop being a stooge!”
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