Trump Treasury nominee Mnuchin to defend banking record to senators


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Jan 2017

Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump's campaign finance chairman, who has been named Treasury Secretary, walks down an escalator in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton - RTX2V747

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, will defend his banking record in the aftermath of the financial crisis on Thursday and sell senators on why he should be given stewardship of the U.S. financial system.

Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs executive, hedge fund manager and Hollywood film financier, would be the first Wall Street veteran to head the Treasury Department in eight years.

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