Trump Nominates Two People for Top Posts at the US Treasury

President Donald Trump has nominated two people to high-profile positions at the Treasury Department, according to a document sent by the White House to the US Senate that was reviewed by Bloomberg News on Tuesday night.

John Hurley would succeed Brian Nelson as undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, a unit that calls itself “the national security arm of the US Department of the Treasury.” Hurley, if confirmed, would oversee sanctions imposed by the US.

Brian Morrissey, a partner in the Washington office of the law firm Sidley Austin, was chosen as general counsel of the department. Morrissey was ...