Trump nominates Fannie Mae exec for deputy treasury secretary

The nominee previously worked with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin

Trump nominates Fannie Mae exec for deputy treasury secretary
Fannie Mae executive vice president and general counsel Brian Brooks is President Donald Trump’s nomination as U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary, according to Axios.
 
Prior to joining the GSE in late 2014, Brooks was the vice chairman of OneWest Bank. He managed the bank’s fair lending, corporate customer experience and mortgage marketing and communications groups as chief legal officer, according to his bio on Fannie Mae.
 
He worked with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin at OneWest, and according to two of Axios’ sources, Mnuchin wanted a loyalist as his deputy secretary.
 
Before Onewest, Brooks was a managing partner at O’Melveny & Myers from 1994 to 2011, and has a J.D. from the University of Chicago.


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