Posted on 01/18/2024 9:12:08 AM PST by Rusty0604
Federal investigators asked banks to search and filter customer transactions by using terms like "MAGA" and "Trump" as part of an investigation into Jan. 6, warning that purchases of "religious texts" could indicate "extremism," the House Judiciary Committee revealed Wednesday.
Fox News Digital has learned the committee also obtained documents that indicate officials suggested that banks query transactions with keywords like Dick's Sporting Goods, Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops and more.
The House Judiciary Committee and its subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government have been conducting oversight of federal law enforcement’s "receipt of information about American citizens without legal process and its engagement with the private sector."
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, distributed materials to financial institutions that outlined "typologies" of "various persons of interest" and provided the banks with "suggested search terms and Merchant Category Codes for identifying transactions on behalf of federal law enforcement."
The materials included a document recommending the use of generic terms like "Trump" and "MAGA" to "search Zelle payment messages" as well as a "prior FinCEN analysis" of "Lone Actor/Homegrown Violent Extremism Indicators."
"According to this analysis, FinCEN warned financial institutions of ‘extremism’ indicators that include ‘transportation charges, such as bus tickets, rental cars, or plane tickets, for travel areas with no apparent purpose,’ or ‘the purchase of books (including religious texts) and subscriptions to other media containing extremist views,’" Jordan detailed in a letter to the former director of FinCEN, Noah Bishoff, a career employee.
"In other words, FinCEN used large financial institutions to comb through the private transactions of their customers for suspicious charges on the basis of protected political and religious expression," Jordan wrote.
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Gee, it almost makes you think that we’re now living in a police state...
Of course nothing will happen, nor will the media give a damn...
During the Bolshevik Revolution they first came for the Sunday people.
Call (202) 224-3121——U.S. House switchboard operator.
Give zip code and state to be connected to your Rep.
My Congresscritter is Matt Gaetz, so I don’t have to worry..............😁
I bet the RNC would be willing to surrender their donor list so that the DOJ can arrest all of those people. Fortunately, I am not on that list.
Tell him to get on it ASAP.
That’s because the higher ups were Saturday people.
But Trump is the au5horitarian dictator.....
It doesn’t matter if you did or didn’t give to the RNC or any of their candidates.
The mere fact you are posting on FR means you’re marked for the gulag.
We haven’t heard Mitch McConnell say a word about any of this, have we? There are about 12 R Senators who are worth a damn (Kennedy, Cruz, Vance, Scott, etc.) and Sleazy Mitch ain’t one of them. But he is our “leader”.
The fix is jail time and Rudy size fines.
True.
The bidenbarry clan are doing what socialists.communists do. For those who voted for or will vote for, this that is running our gov today.. When will it sink in??? After they break in your door?
They have run down the one working against this FOR You!! They have lied to you.. WHEN WILL YOU GET A Clue? as to who is your enemy and who is your advocate!!!!
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1-Shut Down entire agencies. (Education, EPA, ...)
2-In key areas like Defense, State, DOJ, it is important to fire top layers of staff FIRST, as you sort through possible key replacements.
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