Scott Bessent Dropped a Helluva Line During His Appearance on Face the Nation
Treasury Secretary Scott
Bessent is guaranteed to make liberals’ lives miserable when he goes on
television. Prepare for war, because Bessent will skewer you if you’re
not prepared. He knows the Left’s playbook, along with his own, and can
deliver the one-two punch with ease.
On Sunday, CBS’ Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan was probably not
expecting this line he dropped about the investigation into the reported
fraud among Somali charities. Anywhere from $1 billion to $8 billion
was allegedly wired to terror groups. Bessent said the official
investigation started a week ago [emphasis mine]:
BESSENT:
“To be clear, the initial fraud was discovered by the IRS, for which
I’m the acting commissioner, it was discovered by IRS criminal
investigations unit.”
“This was not endogenous that the state of
Minnesota decided. We had to go in and clean up the mess for them. This
is part of the continued cleanup.”
“A lot of money has been
transferred from the individuals who committed this fraud, including
those who donated to the governor, donated to representative Omar and to
AG Ellison.”
“They have been transferred to something called MBSs.”
“They
are wire transfer organizations that are outside the regulated banking
system. That money has gone overseas. We are tracking that, both to the
Middle East and Somalia to see what the uses of that have been.”
BRENNAN:
“You have no evidence of that money being used to fuel terrorism at
this point? Which is what some conservative writers are alleging.”
BESSENT: “That’s why it’s an investigation. We started it last week. We will see where it goes.”
“I
can tell you, it’s terrible. Representative Omar tried to downplay it.
Said it was very…it was very tough to know how this money should be
used. She was gaslighting the American people.”
“When you
come to this country, you have to learn which side of the road to drive
on, stop at stop signs and learn not to defraud the American people.”
That’s a mic drop. The man is full of zingers, and like Trump, has no shortage of them when the time comes.
BESSENT:
“The Fed is turning into universal basic income for PhD economists. I
don't know what they do. They're never right … If air traffic
controllers did this, no one would get in an airplane.” 🤣 pic.twitter.com/dpSn1jg7EN
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