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Dems Demand Investigation Over Mnuchinās āLego Batmanā Joke
"While they may be failing to whip 60 votes for a filibuster on SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch, struggling to craft a message, and left hanging on the Russia investigation, Democrats in Congress are at least going to nail down one Trump administration official for his comments about the LEGO Batman Movie.
Last week, Hollywood-executive-turned-Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin gave a short interview to Axios, where he refused to provide suggestions on which movies Americans should see because his advice could be construed as improper. He then went on to joke that families should consider an outing to see LEGO Batman, a movie he produced.
āIām not allowed to promote anything that Iām involved in. So I just want to have the legal disclosure, youāve asked me the question, and I am not promoting any product,ā Mnuchin said on Friday. āBut you should send all your kids to Lego Batman.ā
Everyone was left laughing. Everyone, that is, execept Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.
Furious that Mnuchin would even dare to joke about his Hollywood connections in this terrifying, Trumpian climate of corruption, Wyden went immediately to the Office of Government Ethics, begging the director to launch a full investigation into whether Mnuchin was engaging in a conflict of interest with his off-the-cuff reference."
"While they may be failing to whip 60 votes for a filibuster on SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch, struggling to craft a message, and left hanging on the Russia investigation, Democrats in Congress are at least going to nail down one Trump administration official for his comments about the LEGO Batman Movie.
Last week, Hollywood-executive-turned-Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin gave a short interview to Axios, where he refused to provide suggestions on which movies Americans should see because his advice could be construed as improper. He then went on to joke that families should consider an outing to see LEGO Batman, a movie he produced.
āIām not allowed to promote anything that Iām involved in. So I just want to have the legal disclosure, youāve asked me the question, and I am not promoting any product,ā Mnuchin said on Friday. āBut you should send all your kids to Lego Batman.ā
Everyone was left laughing. Everyone, that is, execept Democratic Senator Ron Wyden.
Furious that Mnuchin would even dare to joke about his Hollywood connections in this terrifying, Trumpian climate of corruption, Wyden went immediately to the Office of Government Ethics, begging the director to launch a full investigation into whether Mnuchin was engaging in a conflict of interest with his off-the-cuff reference."