Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears intent on using the vast resources of his department to attack left-wing political groups as if they were foreign terrorist organizations in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Speaking on a Tuesday episode of “The Charlie Kirk Show,” the podcast started by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, Bessent paid lip service to the Constitution, saying it was his goal to “ensure freedom of speech on both sides.”
He spent several minutes, however, discussing how he was attempting to replicate the work that the Treasury did after 9/11 to track down foreign terrorist networks — this time setting the department’s sights on the American left wing.
“I will tell you that after 9/11, Treasury became the driving force behind tracking down the networks of terrorist organizations, how they were financed, how could this have happened on U.S. soil with these international terrorist organizations,” Bessent said on the show. “Where did the money come from? Who were the ultimate funders? And that was on the international side.”
“I will tell you that Charlie’s death is like a domestic 9/11,” he said.
