U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent committed to divesting 25 entities in which he or close family had invested. But one of the companies still owns around $18 million in North Dakota farmland.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent committed to divesting 25 entities in which he or close family had invested. But one of the companies still owns around $18 million in North Dakota farmland.

The disclosures show that Bessent owns North Dakota farmland, valued between $5 million and $25 million, that generates income through the production of corn and soybeans.

During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on June 12, 2025, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent grows the audacity to dismiss questions he doesn't like or doesn't want to answer. When pressed on tax ...

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President-elect Trump’s Treasury Secretary pick Scott Bessent has plans to divest from funds and other investments as he prepares to ... It revealed he owns property in North Dakota and the ...

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of the Treasury, ... Mr. Trump’s pick to head the Interior Department, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, ...

Scott Bessent, center, is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. ... reveals that Mr. Bessent owns as much as $25 million of farmland in North Dakota, ...

Scott Bessent, left, ... before going into private practice and — in a far cry from the bright lights — agribusiness in North Dakota. The couple were married in Provincetown, Mass., ...

The disclosures show that Bessent owns North Dakota farmland, valued between $5 million and $25 million, that generates income through the production of corn and soybeans.