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.
(Excerpt) Read more at judiciary.house.gov ...
Yesterday, McConnell was asked about concern that Ukraine could turn into another Afghanistan. He said he thought Afghanistan was a huge success and we shouldn’t have left it.
He also said this is the time for immigration reform, while democrats are in charge.
Ha!
Yep.
Yeah, I bought a bunch of T-shirts from libertariancountry.com. I’m screwed.
Well, they finally got me, I ordered a Trump teeshirt...
They got into our businesses.
They got in our education system.
They are in our government.
Just when and how do we stop it.
If you think there is another way or another person.. Beside DJT.. You have not been paying attention.
RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)
You can mess with their algorithm by also ordering the Che Guevara coffee mug.
You know... Back when we were giving the FedGov these powers to “fight the war on terror” (said in a Texas accent)... Civil libertarians like myself said that these same powers would some day be used against the rest of us...
Not going to hold my breath that anyone will be self-aware enough to apologize.
They think nothing will happen to them because it’s only MAGA people they’re going after. They will be shocked to find when they are next.
How about “Free”, or “Republic,” used separately or together?
Think I’ll start writing MAGA on all my checks...
Lol, grocery store, electric bill, etc. That’s a fun idea.
I think I will start writing MAGA on every transaction.
It’s total control they are after.
The day Castro tide into town on a convertible after defeating batista, the crowds followed cheering..
Within a few days, he was on TV announcing he was a com min...
First thing.. He took all weap ons
Turned all schools over to gov..
Took possession of all property.. All.....
Those that could, fled to America.. Swimming or boating.. Some did not make it.
imagine if Trump had ordered banks to report any instances of “Biden” or “liberal” etc- the press would be having meltdowns nonstop till election time over it
I doubt it. We’ve got a generation that was taught to be radical leftists. How to re-education them? I say a start is teaching them real consequences for their bad decisions.
Saved me the typing.
👍
Truth in watching what they do. They identify with the ones who lie, cheat, steal, take your freedoms.
They do not identify with Christians or good working people paying taxes.. They do think we are less than.
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