Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent battled it out with Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez of California during a hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday.
Sanchez accused Bessent of being complicit with what she called corruption of the Trump administration when they entered a shouting match at the end of her comments.
‘The congresswoman is slanderous. She has nothing but the unsubstantiated opinions, and I will not stand for that!’
She asked him about whether he had reviewed the decision to give the president’s family complete immunity from being audited by the Internal Revenue Service.
“Why are you allowing President Trump and his family to have complete immunity from being audited?” Sanchez asked.
“Since you’re a lawyer, you will understand that the U.S. Treasury and the IRS are
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