In town pool report #5 - Bessent gaggle

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gaggled with reporters after at TV hit.

On the tariff SCOTUS case: “It went very well. I think the Solicitor General has made a very powerful case.”

Asked the plan B if SCOTUS rules against POTUS: “We’re not going to discuss that now.”

Pool was only present for part of the gaggle. Pool is in vans headed to JBA to pick up POTUS. There is a bad weather call. It is very windy in DC.

Here is the CSPAN link to Bessent: https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/treasury-secretary-bessent-speaks-to-reporters-at-the-white-house/668557

Emily Goodin

White House Correspondent

McClatchy DC/Miami Herald

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