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Bessent brushes off critics of Trump’s crypto haul

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is brushing off criticism against President Trump for raking in over $1 billion in cryptocurrency profits while in the White House. “I don’t think there’s an appearance problem,” Bessent told CBS News anchor Kelly O’Grady in an exclusive interview on Thursday, after being asked about the optics. “This is an innovation…

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