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' ...
Orange County Register

Operation Choke Point is finally suffocated

The Trump administration deserves great praise for ending Operation Choke Point, the controversial, and often tyrannical, program that harmed many legitimate businesses. The Federal Deposit Insurance ...
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 ...
JD Supra

Operation Choke Point: Justice Department Announces Program’s End

This article is part of a continuing series on Operation Choke Point. The first article in this series can be found here, which contains a more detailed overview of the history, origin, and evolution ...
Washington Examiner

Operation Choke Point claims more victims, ignores due process

Victims of Operation Choke Point gathered on Capitol Hill Tuesday to share their stories of an overbearing government strangling their perfectly legal and compliant businesses. Since 2013, banks have ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Reason

Goodbye and Good Riddance to Operation Choke Point

A financial dragnet that ensnared porn stars, gun dealers, payday lenders, and other politically disfavored small businesses has been shut down. Operation Choke Point launched in 2012 as a joint ...
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 Hill

Operation Choke Point reveals true injustices of Obama’s Justice Department

A little-known program carried out by President Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ) whipsawed small business for years, and to date no one has been held accountable. Federal officials pressured banks ...