Trump Allies Sold Sponsorships to ‘Treasury Event’

“An investment fund run by prominent Trump supporters tried to sell sponsorships for a conference it pitched to companies as the ‘Inaugural U.S. Treasury A.I. Summit,’ during which it said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent would unveil the Treasury Department’s artificial-intelligence strategy,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The fact that a private conference was marketed as a government-hosted event designed to unveil U.S. government policy startled ethics experts.”