Mnuchin addressed gathering

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee , Josh Dawsey and Damian Paletta
May 7 at 8:45 PM

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin addressed a group of top donors backing President Trump’s reelection Tuesday evening, making an unusual political appearance at a gathering that included industry executives his agency is tasked with regulating ...

But Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the reelection committee, confirmed that the Trump campaign invited Mnuchin to deliver brief remarks. He said participants came from “a wide range of American industries, including the financial sector” ...

Treasury secretaries in recent years have avoided attending fundraiser events with people they could be tasked with regulating, in part because of their unique role in overseeing a broad swath of companies in the financial system.

“There’s a legitimate concern that people may get the impression that they can get not just on Trump’s good side but the treasury secretary’s good side by donating or raising money for his campaign,” said Kathleen Clark, a legal and government ethics professor at Washington University School of Law ...

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