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With Donovan Nomination, Trump Adds Yet Another Goldman Sachs Alum to Its Ranks
Goldman Sachs banker James Donovan tapped to serve as Deputy Secretary of Treasury under “Foreclosure King” Steven Mnuchin.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer: Sen. Rob Portman Targeted by Ad to Fight Trump Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, [Allied Progress Action,] and the Communications Workers of America are fighting Mnuchin with ads on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News in Portman’s hometown of Cincinnati. The organizations are spending “six figures” to run the ads in Ohio, as well as Maine, Alaska, Nevada and Washington D.C., said spokeswoman Kaitlin Sweeney.
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Vanity Fair: “Foreclosure King” Steven Mnuchin upgraded to Foreclosure Emperor
Now, it turns out, OneWest’s robosigning may have been even more extensive. New York Post reports that “OneWest or its affiliates robo-signed documents in New Jersey, California, Nevada, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas, according to Allied Progress, which analyzed lawsuits.”
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New York Post: Bank Run by Steve Mnuchin Allegedly Robo-Signed Documents
OneWest or its affiliates robo-signed documents in New Jersey, California, Nevada, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas, according to Allied Progress, which analyzed lawsuits.
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Think Progress: Trump’s Treasury Pick Says His Bank Didn’t ‘Robo-Sign.’ These Court Papers Say It Did.
A report released by progressive advocacy group Allied Progress on Monday collected a number of court cases that accused OneWest officials of signing off on sloppy and even inaccurate paperwork in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Texas during Mnuchin’s tenure.
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Senate Finance GOP Suspend Rules to Advance Nominee Who Admits He Wasn’t Truthful with Them
“This is parliamentary masochism. How else do you explain Sen. Hatch bending over backwards to assist Mnuchin who admits he wasn’t truthful with Hatch’s committee?”
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Columbus Dispatch: Dems Delay Vote on Mnuchin to Protest Trump Order
Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, a Democrat-leaning advocacy organization, said Mnuchin “has made a career of protecting the rigged economic system that made him wealthy while Ameircans suffered.”
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Consumerist: Treasury Secretary Nominee Mnuchin Misled Senate About Robo-Signed Foreclosures
Karl Frisch of Allied Progress says, “We already knew that Steven Mnuchin made hundreds of millions at the expense of hardworking Americans and their families. Now we know he lied about his bank’s foreclosure practices during the Senate confirmation process.”