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<\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/span>Estimated reading time: <\/span>7<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Mark Oliva<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen couldn\u2019t \u2013 or wouldn\u2019t \u2013 tell Congress<\/a><\/strong> whether or not her department ordered financial institutions to spy on the transactions of private and law-abiding citizens. The Treasury Department is suspected of telling large financial institutions to hand over transaction information of any potential purchases of firearms, ammunition or purchases at sporting goods stores as part of an investigation into the events of Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary Yellen could have put any suspicion to rest by simply telling Congress that it didn\u2019t happen. Her inability, or unwillingness, to definitively respond is troubling for the firearm industry, which has been battling back against back-door gun control efforts to expose the private financial history of firearm and ammunition purchasers under the guise of crime prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary Yellen faced off with the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. The meeting followed a letter sent by House committee members specifically demanding answers to documents in which Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) revealed<\/a><\/strong> that the Biden administration was behind a clandestine scheme to track Americans\u2019 purchases without their knowledge or any evidence of a crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, President Joe Biden\u2019s Treasury Department had no reason, nor legal authority, to invade the privacy of law-abiding citizens, but evidence points that they did just that, despite privacy laws and Fourth Amendment protections. Rep. Jordan sent a letter<\/strong><\/a> to the Treasury Department\u2019s Strategic Operations Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) requesting testimony over documents Congress obtained indicating FinCEN outlined \u201ctypologies\u201d of supposed persons of interest, including using Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) to track suspected \u201cLone Actor\/Homegrown Violent Extremism Indicators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman Jordan wrote<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cThis kind of pervasive financial surveillance, carried out in coordination with and at the request of federal law enforcement, into Americans\u2019 private transactions is alarming and raises serious doubts about FinCEN\u2019s respect for fundamental civil liberties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Answer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Secretary Yellen couldn\u2019t put the issue to rest when presented the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHas Treasury \u2014 including FinCEN or federal banking agencies like the Fed, FDIC, OCC \u2014 instructed financial institutions to search Americans\u2019 legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases?\u201d Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) asked<\/a><\/strong> Secretary Yellen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, we received the letter from you, I believe, on this topic, and we intend to investigate and to respond,\u201d SecretaryYellen responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s not at all what the Congresswoman asked. The evasiveness was just the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave you instructed banks and financial institutions to provide this information?\u201d Rep. Wagner continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, FinCEN, our job is to work with financial institutions to make sure \u2014\u201d Secretary Yellen began, again ignoring the direct question asked of her, before Rep. Wagner interrupted as directly as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre they instructing financial institutions to search Americans\u2019 legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases?\u201d Rep. Wagner said once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI promise a thorough look into everything,\u201d Secretary Yellen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is really concerning, and I would hope you get to it just as quickly as possible, Madam Secretary,\u201d Rep. Wagner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Senate Reprieve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Secretary Yellen appeared just a day later at a U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing. She fared no better there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) admonished<\/a><\/strong> the secretary in his opening remarks for squandering the trust of the American people who are learning that their government is violating their rights and weaponizing their purchase history to label them as \u201cpotential terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnder your jurisdiction is the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN. And we have seen and heard of abuses from FinCEN,\u201d Sen. Scott explained<\/a>.<\/strong> \u201cUsing their power to track Americans shopping for sporting goods stores, purchasing bibles, and making transactions with political key words. In fact, I sent a letter to you just a few weeks ago specifically asking about these allegations that the Treasury Department has been providing materials to financial institutions, instructing them to search Americans\u2019 transactions using terminology that reveal political interests. I would love to hear a response to that. If true, this is a gross abuse of power. FinCEN was created to stop money laundering and not to spy on Americans. It was not created for political motivation. So I conclude with this: America deserves better than what the Biden Administration and the Department of Treasury has delivered to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Scott wasn\u2019t the only one disturbed by the actions of the Treasury Department and the inaction of Secretary Yellen to answer the allegations of abuse of authority to illegally spy on Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEven more damage continues to be inflicted on the credibility of the Treasury. If you think about last month\u2019s revelation that FinCEN, that\u2019s a bureau that\u2019s under your watch, directed financial institutions to flag customers that demonstrated, quote, \u2018extremist indicators,\u2019\u201d said<\/a><\/strong> Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)  \u201cLike the words \u2018Trump\u2019 or \u2018MAGA\u2019 or whether they made transactions to purchase religious books. This time it\u2019s not just an IRS contractor doing it, this is the administration itself, taking personal data to target its political foes. Secretary Yellen, do you believe people that purchase bibles are extremists?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCertainly not. I want to put this matter in perspective,\u201d Secretary Yellen answered<\/a>.<\/strong> \u201cFirst of all, FinCEN\u2019s mission is to safeguard the financial system from illicit use, to combat money laundering, terrorist financing\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Hagerty interrupted<\/a><\/strong> with, \u201cCertainly not to target Americans for purchasing bibles and for voting for Donald Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary Yellen demurred, telling the Senate committee that she wasn\u2019t in charge of the Treasury Department on Jan. 6, 2021. However, she failed to explain why that information was sought after the Biden administration assumed authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis bureaucracy is under your charge,\u201d Sen. Hagerty concluded<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unjustified Searches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The stall tactics should be just as concerning as the allegations that the Treasury Department violated the Fourth Amendment protections against illegal search and seizure of potentially millions of Americans without their knowledge or cause for suspicion. Secretary Yellen should be able to definitively say to Congress that no such action ever took place \u2013 if in fact \u2013 it never took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary Yellen\u2019s attempt to stall for time is damning and raises rightful suspicions that the Biden administration isn\u2019t acting as a \u201cgovernment of the people, for the people,\u201d rather as a government that runs roughshod over rights to advance political agendas. In this case, it appears the Biden administration was targeting lawful gun and ammunition purchasers as a target for potential political persecution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman Jordan\u2019s letter<\/a><\/strong> demanding answers from Secretary Yellen said the House Judiciary Committee has evidence that the Treasury Department was pressuring financial institutions to hand over any information that included terms like \u201cTRUMP\u201d or \u201cMAGA\u201d and to search Zelle payments. FinCen allegedly warned financial institutions of purchases that might be considered suspicious, including a bus or plane ticket, rental cars and even \u201cthe purchase of books (including religious texts) and subscriptions to other media containing extremist views.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It didn\u2019t end there. The committee has evidence<\/a><\/strong> that FinCen also instructed financial institutions could abuse MCC codes to identify \u201cpotential active shooters, [and] who may include dangerous International Terrorists\/Domestic Terrorists\/Homegrown Violent Extremists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weaponizing Private Transactions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That instruction from FinCen included<\/a><\/strong> using certain MCCs \u201csuch as \u20183484: Small Arms,\u2019 \u20185091: Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies,\u2019 and the keywords \u2018Cabela\u2019s,\u2019 and \u2018Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods,\u2019\u201d among several others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The implication from the alleged Treasury Department invasion of privacy and Fourth Amendment infringement was that anyone purchasing a Bible, guns or ammunition \u2013 or any camping supplies from large outdoor retailers is a suspected homegrown terrorist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why NSSF has been diligently working to get Second Amendment Privacy Acts introduced in state legislatures and in Congress. So far, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Texas and West Virginia have laws barring the use of a MCC on firearm purchases. Several more states are considering similar legislation. A federal version is expected to be introduced in Congress within weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secretary Yellen\u2019s weak answer saying that the Treasury Department is \u201cinvestigating\u201d should be a clarion call of the respect shown by the Biden administration for Constitutionally-protected liberties. This is the latest in a pattern that started with the Biden administration calling firearm manufacturers\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>the enemy<\/strong><\/a>\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and has since\u00a0used every lever of government<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to attack Second Amendment rights. Now, it appears they\u2019ve resorted to trampling over Fourth Amendment rights to quash the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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