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Francis Brooke

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The profile

Although Brooke was at the NEC during the Trump I administration (the period overlapping CARES Act enactment), no first-party source places him in a role administering, drafting, or signing PPP/EIDL/Coronavirus Relief Fund authorities.

  • Pandemic-program role: None direct. 2025/26-era political appointee (Trump II). His prior NEC service (Trump I) overlapped the 2020 relief programs: the White House's staff report as of June 26, 2020 lists him as Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council. No first-party source places him in a role administering them.
  • Institution · office: Treasury · Office of the Deputy Secretary · Type: political(PAS)
  • Tenure (relief-relevant): Performing the delegable duties of the Deputy Secretary from April 28, 2026 (Treasury release sb0479); listed as Deputy Secretary (PDO) on the Treasury officials roster as captured June 25, 2026; confirmed by the Senate as Deputy Secretary in August 2026 (Treasury biography). The release also describes him as Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development.

Identity and role

  • Level / appointment: Acting — "performing the delegable duties of" the Deputy Secretary, not Senate-confirmed in that capacity; the congress.gov nominations PN129-3 and PN961-1 are cited, but we do not have copies.
  • Reports to: Secretary of the Treasury (Scott Bessent).
  • Core responsibility: As acting Deputy Secretary, the department's delegable deputy functions; in his own portfolio, Treasury international affairs / international trade and development policy.
  • Pay: Not documented.
  • Expectations / mandate: Carry out delegable Deputy Secretary duties during the vacancy; otherwise lead assigned international-affairs functions.
  • Tenure norm: Serves at the pleasure of the President/Secretary.

Biography / career arc

  • Graduate of Northwestern University (Treasury release sb0479).
  • White House National Economic Council (first Trump administration): Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, later Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the NEC under Larry Kudlow (Treasury release sb0479).
  • Policy Director for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (Treasury release sb0479).

Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role

His verified Treasury roles all postdate the relief programs by years.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, confirmed by the Senate in August 2026 (Treasury biography); earlier listed as Deputy Secretary (PDO) on the roster as captured June 25, 2026, and named to perform the delegable duties of the Deputy Secretary in Treasury release sb0479 (April 28, 2026).

Sources held in this archive

Original source documents and archived captures

Sources (first-party)

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