Waters v. Mnuchin: Round Two

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) questioned Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for missing a deadline to impose sanctions on Russia, as ordered by Congress. During Mnuchin’s testimony before the Financial Stability Oversight Council on Tuesday, Waters asked if Mnuchin was troubled by the "curious timing" of a meeting between CIA Director Mike Pompeo and his Russian counterpart. “This meeting accorded just prior to the deadline for implementing sanctions on those engaged in significant transactions with Russia's defense and intelligence sectors. These are the same sanctions that the president has refused to act on,” asked Waters, bluntly probing if the Secretary was troubled. “No, I'm not troubled. I believe that timing was just coincidental, and I believe there were various issues that the director wanted to discuss,” Mnuchin replied. Read the entire exchange here.