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Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Says He’ll Form a Group To Buy TikTok

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Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is organizing an investor consortium to purchase TikTok as bipartisan legislation looms over the fate of the social media platform in the U.S.

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