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Scott Bessent’s farmland divestiture: ethics clash inside Trump’s Treasury

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Filed complaint seeking investigation of Bessent’s potential conflict-of-interest violations

Scott Bessent became Treasury Secretary in January 2025. An ethics agreement required him to sell substantial holdings, including up to $25 million in North Dakota soybean and corn farmland that earned as much as $1 million a year in rent. After months of delays, the Office of Government Ethics warned him in August 2025 that he'd failed to comply on time.

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