Today's
Fox and Friends segment with the Doocy, tries to
rile up their gun-crazed audience over the feds cracking down on the
banking practices of these unsavory businesses that are often fronts for
money-launderers.
"This is a very clever way to get around the Second Amendment,"
claims Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy (R). Remember Pretty Boy Duffy? The guy who
bitched and moaned
about his paltry $174,000 per annum salary? He's beyond livid that
some of the death merchants, a.k.a. "gun dealers" in his district are
facing scrutiny by the D.O.J.'s Operation Choke Point.
What is Operation Choke Point?
(It) is a federal initiative that aims to crack down on fraud by honing
in on banks and payment processors—the companies that serve as
middlemen between merchants and banks on credit card transactions.
Financial institutions are not supposed to do business with companies
they believe might be breaking the law. But Justice Department officials
suspect that some payment processors ignore signs of fraud—like high
percentages of transactions being rejected as unauthorized—in
transactions they process, and banks go along for the ride, earning
massive profits. READ MORE
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