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Panicked Scott Bessent Confronts Trump Over Revenge Probe

President Donald Trump is facing blowback from inside his administration over the Justice Department’s investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Trump in a tense call late on Sunday, telling him the criminal probe “made a mess,” Axios reported.

“The secretary isn’t happy, and he let the president know,” one source familiar with Bessent’s call to Trump told the outlet.

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