Posted on 02/11/2024 9:38:32 AM PST by John Semmens
Treasury Department investigators in its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) demanded that banks scour customer transactions for key terms like MAGA and Trump. During a Senate Banking Committee hearing Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said "FinCEN was created to stop money laundering, not spy on Americans. Why would they be targeting Republicans' purchases at Cabela's, Dick's Sporting Goods and Bass Pro Shops?"
"Senator, you are forgetting that President Biden has declared that Trump and MAGA are enemies of democracy," Yellen replied. "The President's assessment was the logical inference from Trump's incitement of his MAGA followers to seize power after his defeat in the 2020 election. The shops you mention all sell weapons that could've been used in MAGA's armed assault at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Why shouldn't FinCEN gather evidence that could help us put these people in prison?"
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) pointed out that "these sporting goods stores weren't the only places targeted by FinCEN. Banks were also asked to spy on customer transactions to see if 'extremism indicators' like the purchase of a bus or plane ticket 'for travel to areas with no apparent purpose' or the purchase of a Bible occurred. So, the government feels competent to evaluate the travel choices and religious beliefs of American citizens and declare them to be indicators of extremism? How is this not totalitarian?"
Yellen insisted that "it is better to be safe than sorry. We saw the horrible things that Trump and his followers did when we weren't scrutinizing their every move. Certainly, a few minor intrusions into people's privacy is a small price to pay to fend off the fascism that Trump wants to impose on the people of this country."
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I thought Jim Jordan was supposed to get to the bottom of all this deep state baloney.
He sends out supeenys, and they just ignore them.
They know a weenie when they see one.
Old Yellen is near the end of her book.
It's time for everyone to get his spiritual house in order. We all need to read up on the Bible and be prayed up and Spirit filled.
In your face, American peasants!
Fall on your knees... Or else...
Janet must be eating magic mushrooms again
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