Gary Cohn Emerges From Trump Shadows Touting Dodd-Frank Overhaul

President Donald Trump’s economic policies have a new public face, and it belongs to a balding Wall Street banker barely a month out of the No. 2 job at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Gary Cohn, who left Goldman’s glass-and-steel lower Manhattan headquarters for a West Wing office with enormous potential clout, is taking on an expanded role as he fills a gap while the new administration waits to seat its Treasury Secretary.

Democrats are already building a case against Trumpa s pick to lead Treasury Department

Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury, arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 12. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department is likely to face a contentious confirmation battle centered on his purchase of a failed subprime mortgage lender that repeatedly has been accused of wrongful foreclosures. The formal vetting process for Steven T. Mnuchin, who served as Trump’s campaign finance chairman and worked at investment bank Goldman Sachs for nearly two decades, has not yet begun.