Bessent disses ‘leakers’ after WSJ report on Powell advice

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized leakers in response to a Wall Street Journal story that said he personally sought to talk President Trump out of trying to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The president slammed the report on Sunday.

Bessent was asked on CNBC on Monday if the Journal story was real and if he had a conversation with Trump urging him to not fire Powell.

“I think the problem with stories like this is — I’m not sure who the leaker was — but...