Steven Mnuchin nominated for US treasury secretary
by Rupert Neate and Edward Helmore New York from on (#23FCZ)
Donald Trump appoints ex-Goldman Sachs banker who says he will oversee 'the largest tax change since Reagan'
Donald Trump has nominated Steven Mnuchin, a Goldman Sachs banker-turned-Hollywood movie financier with no government experience, as US Treasury secretary.
Mnuchin, a multimillionaire who was dubbed a "foreclosure king" for buying up distressed mortgages and evicting thousands of homeowners during the financial crisis, immediately announced he would oversee "the largest tax change since Reagan" and said his "No 1 priority is tax reform".
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