Steve Mnuchin Awkwardly Struggles to Avoid Saying Trump Lost
In a CNBC interview, Mnuchin squirmed his way out of questions about the “Big Lie.”
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He’s been out of public office for almost six months but former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is still clinging to Donald Trump. In a CNBC interview Tuesday, where he was pressed on whether he, too, believes the “Big Lie” that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Mnuchin said that, while he was “very, very” involved in the 2016 campaign, he was too tied up with COVID-19 relief efforts to weigh in. “I’m really just watching this from the outside,” he said. When further pressed on whether he thinks the election was stolen, Mnuchin continues to squirm his way out of a straight answer. “I’m focused on our investments, our business going forward,” he said before praising Trump’s time in office.
When Former President Donald Trump says the election in November was stolen do you believe that was a lie?
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) July 14, 2021
. @EamonJavers asks @stevenmnuchin1: pic.twitter.com/RNMlPiDsDV
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