Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Forbes that he took $2 billion worth of assets and put them in undisclosed trusts between the election of President Donald Trump and his own confirmation hearings in Congress. After the magazine reported the details, as part of its list of the 400 richest people in America, the Commerce Department took it all back. The Commerce Department said Ross — a private equity and commodities tycoon worth $2.5 billion, according to Forbes — was confused when he told reporter Dan Alexander about the trusts. "Contrary to the report in Forbes , there was no major asset transfer to a trust in ... (full story)