Rep. Schneider CATCHES Bessent Admitting Trump Is Above the Law

In a House hearing, Rep. Brad Schneider confronts Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with three direct challenges — each one exposing a different layer of the same problem. First: Bessent had told the committee the conflict with Iran was over. Schneider asks what that claim actually requires — with Iran's missile program intact, its nuclear enrichment ongoing, and its proxies still active across the region. Bessent's threshold for re-engagement: an American body count. Nothing short of that, apparently, qualifies as a threat. Second: Bessent says Americans have more money in their pockets. Schneider's constituents are paying record prices for beef, coffee, and housing — while millions risk losing health coverage under HR1. Bessent cites core inflation at 2.8%. A number that excludes food and energy entirely. Third: A reported settlement between President Trump, his family, the Justice Department, and the IRS — an agency under Bessent's direct authority. The allegation: immunity from future tax audits, secured through institutions the president controls. Bessent agrees no one is above the law. Then declines to apply that standard to the situation in front of him. Three questions. Three deflections. One pattern.