JD Supra

‘Operation Choke Point’ under Fire

"Operation Choke Point," the coordinated multiagency federal effort to choke off banking services to alleged fraudsters (according to its defenders) or politically unpopular industries (according to ...
American Banker

House Panel Calls for Dismantling of 'Operation Choke Point'

A Republican-led congressional panel is accusing the Department of Justice of overstepping its legal authority and unfairly harming legitimate merchants as part of an investigation into fraudsters' ...
The Business Journals

Operation Choke Point isn't targeting industries, feds tell a skeptical Congress

The Department of Justice and banking regulators told a House committee Tuesday that Operation Choke Point is designed only to go after fraudulent businesses, not to pressure banks to stop providing ...
The Heritage Foundation

Operation Choke Point Is Over. But Without Major Reforms, It Could Happen Again.

Although Operation Choke Point is now over, the federal government’s power to target individuals, groups, and corporations remains as vast and murky as ever. That is due to an excess of federal ...
National Review

Operation Choke Point Is Over – Perhaps

Does It Make Sense for John Fetterman to Flip Parties? Biting the Hand . . . The Illusion of Control Oil: Mayday Audio By Carbonatix Supporters of the rule of law will be overjoyed to hear that the ...
JD Supra

D.C. District Court Allows Payday Lenders’ Due Process Claims To Proceed In Case Against “Operation Choke Point”

On July 5, 2017, the U.S. District Court for the District Columbia, in the lawsuit filed in 2014 challenging “Operation Choke Point” — a federal enforcement initiative involving various agencies, ...
Washington Times

Operation Choke Point targets businesses administration doesn’t like

A House panel says the Obama administration is using the Justice Department to target and “choke out” businesses it finds objectionable, from gun dealers and payday lenders to drug paraphernalia ...
The Hill

Congress needs to choke off Operation Choke Point

From small businesses on Main Street to the halls of Congress and the state legislatures, concern is mounting over Operation Choke Point, a coordinated effort among the Department of Justice (DOJ) and ...
Washington Times

‘Operation Choke Point’ forces bank to dump gun store

But the entire operation is an assault on the free market, says Thomas Bezas, executive director of the United States Consumer Coalition, a nonprofit that was formed to fight back against Operation ...
American Banker

Operation Choke Point Won't Go Away Quietly

The Justice Department program Operation Choke Point set a dangerous precedent by pushing banks to sever relationships with lawful businesses. Now the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is taking ...
The Daily Signal

Senator Again Calls for Ending Justice Department’s Operation Choke Point

Comparing Operation Choke Point to Tom Cruise’s “Minority Report,” a film where police use “psychic technology” to arrest alleged murderers before they actually commit a crime, Sen. Mike Crapo today ...