'Orwellian' and 'Bizarre': Warren Skewers Mnuchin for Doublespeak on Breaking Up Banks

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Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 19/05/2017 - 3:13am

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Calling his comments and attempted explanations both "bizarre" and "crazy," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) slammed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a hearing on Thursday for backtracking on repeated promises by the Trump administration that it would support breaking up the big banks by reinstating a new version of the Glass-Steagall Act.

"This is just bizarre... this is crazy." —Sen. Elizabeth Warren