DOJ halts Operation Chokepoint which targeted
Posted: Aug 20, 2017
The Department of Justice has ended its Obama-era Operation Chokepoint initiative, which aimed to block some businesses, including firearm dealers and payday lenders, from having access to bank loans.
The department made the revelation in response to an inquiry from House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte Thursday.
In a letter to Goodlatte and ranking committee member John Conyers, Assistant Attorney General Stephen F. Boyd wrote that DOJ considers Operation Chokepoint a “misguided initiative conducted during the previous administration.”
The news was first reported by Politico.
“We share your view that law abiding businesses should not be targeted simply for operating in an industry that a particular administration might disfavor,” Boyd wrote. “Enforcement decisions should always be made be based on facts and the applicable law.”
Operation Chokepoint was started in 2013 and involved the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) targeting certain “elevated risk” businesses.
“The FDIC subsequently rescinded its list of purportedly ‘high risk’ merchants. The Department of Justice (Department) strongly agrees with that withdrawal,” Boyd wrote. “All of the Department’s bank investigations conducted as part of Operation Chokepoint are now over. The initiative is no longer in effect, and it will not be undertaken again.”
Boyd did note that some of the responses to the subpoenas did lead to discovery of other criminal activity involving particular individuals and non-bank activities.
“To the extent the Department continues to pursue those ancillary investigations, none relates to or seeks to deter lawful conduct,” Boyd stated.
The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action applauded the Justice Department’s decision to cease the Obama era initiative.
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That was then and this is now. - Move on to 2017
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Is there nothing better to care about with what is going on in our country and the terrorist attacks in other countries?
Nope - hmph
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Not gonna' whitewash the past 8 years that easily.
I can see one of these leftist groups targeting - these businesses now and burning them
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down.
Glad it got done. Removing Obama's deliberate use - of the government against people
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he didn't like is good.
Fixing the massive amount of Obama malfeasance and damage done in his 8 year is going to take time.
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