by David Lindfield, Slay News:
Several major American banks have been caught spying on supporters of President Donald Trump, without warrants, on behalf of the Democrats and President Joe Biden’s administration.
At least 13 financial institutions are being investigated by Republicans in Congress for colluding with the federal government.
The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government found that the banks were motoring the private transactions on Americans to look for “extremism” indicators.
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The spying effort cited the January 6 protests at the U.S. Capitol as “justification” for the operation.
However, according to the findings, the spying effort targeted Trump supporters in general and not just those who were involved in the protests.
Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) is investigating “collusion” between U.S. banks and federal agencies in the aftermath of the Capitol riot.
The Biden admin worked with banks to comb through “extremism” indicators like the purchase of a religious text, like a Bible, or searches including the terms “MAGA” and “TRUMP,” according to shocking revelations by the committee.
Bank of America, Chase, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Citi Bank, and Truist were already being targeted in the probe looking to expose how the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the FBI worked together.
Now, a Daily Mail report reveals that seven other financial firms are also under investigation for ties to an FBI and FinCEN plot to spy on Americans’ private banking transactions without first obtaining a warrant.
Charles Schwab, HSBC, MUFG, PayPal, Santander, Standard Chartered, and Western Union have all been asked to turn over documents and communications with FinCEN and the FBI to the committee, according to letters exclusively obtained by the outlet.
‘The Committee and Select Subcommittee remain concerned about how and to what extent federal law enforcement and financial institutions continue to spy on Americans by weaponizing backdoor information sharing and casting sprawling classes of transactions, purchase behavior, and protected political or religious expression as potentially ‘suspicious’ or indicative of ‘extremism,’” the letters to the institutions said.
