Janet Yellen dodges questions on Treasury monitoring Americans' purchases | Fox Business- Treasury Department allegedly flagged terms such as 'MAGA' and 'Trump,' as well as religious texts such as the Bible
"...Yellen was asked Tuesday during a hearing whether the Treasury Department instructed financial institutions to monitor legal purchases for signs of "extremism," as claimed in a
House Judiciary Committee letter last month.
- "Has Treasury — including FinCEN or federal banking agencies like the Fed, FDIC, OCC — instructed financial institutions to search Americans' legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purchases?" Republican Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner asked Yellen.
- "Well, we received the letter from you, I believe, on this topic, and we intend to investigate and to respond," Yellen responded...
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