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Billionaire Howard Lutnick to divest corporate holdings to assume commerce secretary post, documents show

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Lutnick has pledged to avoid conflicts of interest that may arise as he works to promote U.S. corporate interests atop the Commerce Department .

He has agreed to step down from his longstanding position as head of the brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald .

He hosted a fundraiser for Trump last August that raised $15 million and gave $5 million to the Make America Great Again PAC .

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