Togglesworthy is a proponent of the now-discredited concept that there is no such thing as a “lock” that “would, or should, deter access to important or sensitive areas.” In a statement read by Sarah Huckabee Sanders announcing the appointment, Togglesworthy went out of his way to dispute that he was technically a denier: “I accept that there are people who say you can lock a door, but evidence shows that there are thousands, if not millions, of unlocked doors in the United States at any given time, and who’s to say whether the door to the treasury vault is, or should be, among them? There are two sides to this debate.”

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As a steady stream of administration officials and Republican staffers wheeled past him with handcarts piled high with gold bullion and Treasury securities, destined for their tax cuts for the rich, Togglesworthy asked reporters: “If there are locks, why is all this money leaving?” As Togglesworthy helped load the gold and certificates into trucks headed for Republican donors, he charged that the “lock-obsessives” were only trying to find a way to empower the government and “punish the political contributor class.”

As he gestured around the newly emptied vault, he asked: “What good would a lock be here anyway? It’s too late.” Having worked himself right out of a job at the treasury, word was that he was in line for guard of the Social Security Trust Funds.