Yahoo Finance: Elizabeth Warren has more than 180 questions for Trump Treasury pick Scott Bessent

Senator Elizabeth Warren is outlining a detailed list of her concerns with Scott Bessent in a new letter that runs for 31 pages and includes more than 180 questions that she wants the Trump Treasury secretary pick to answer before his confirmation vote.

The missive from the influential senator on the left, which was provided for review exclusively to Yahoo Finance before its publication, covers an array of topics from taxes to banking oversight to terrorist financing - and even ethics concerns she said she has with Bessent and his business ties.

Warren's long list is also a helpful summary of the myriad challenges facing the likely next Treasury secretary as he tries to straddle his reputation as an "investor favorite" with some of President-elect Donald Trump's less-business friendly ideas on topics like tariffs that have come under criticism from both the middle and from the left.

"There is no comprehensive record of your positions relating to various Treasury-related duties and key policy areas within the Secretary’s orbit," Warren said in her letter.

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