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    Senator: Treasury Secretary's Plug For 'Lego Batman' May Be Ethical Violation

    Last week, Stephen Mnuchin told a crowd he couldn't legally promote movies he helped fund, then recommended one. His audience laughed. The ranking senator on the Senate Finance Committee isn't amused.
    by Camila Domonoske Mar 28, 2017 2 minutes
    U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin speaks during a press conference at the G 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Baden-Baden, southern Germany, on March 18.

    The ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee is asking a government watchdog to investigate recent remarks by Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin as a possible ethical violation.

    Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mnuchin's plug for a movie he helped produce signals "a blatant disregard

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