Holy Ethics Disaster, Batman!

Updated on March 24 at 4:35 p.m. ET

Before his confirmation, the most controversial part of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s past was his role running a bank that critics dubbed a “foreclosure machine” at the height of the financial crisis. But it’s his role as the executive producer on The LEGO Batman Movie that is landing him in his first dustup.

At , Mnuchin was asked about the many movies on which he has served: “Well, I’m not allowed to promote anything that I’m involved in. So I just want to have the legal disclosure that you’ve asked me the question and I am not promoting any product,” he said, seemingly referring to that “An shall not use his public office for his own private gain, [or] for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise.”