DDF and CLC Complaint to Treasury IG Regarding Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

CLC, in partnership with Democracy Defenders Fund, asked the Treasury Department Inspector General (IG) to investigate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s continued failure to divest from numerous financial holdings, including his financial stake in High Plains LLP, which reportedly holds up to $25 million in North Dakota farmland. Secretary Bessent has been participating in bilateral trade negotiations and tariff decisions that affect the value of soybeans, one of the primary crops produced by the farm, raising serious conflict of interest concerns.