Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faced repeated questioning from lawmakers, including Congressman Jim Jordan and Representative Ann Wagner, over allegations that the Treasury has directed financial institutions to monitor Americans' financial transactions, including those related to the firearms industry and purchases of Bibles. Yellen avoided directly answering whether the department has conducted such surveillance. A gun rights group has also expressed concern, urging senators to address this issue during Yellen's testimony to the Senate Banking Committee on the FSOC Annual Report and her subsequent meeting with the EU's Gentiloni.
Part 1 Treasure Secretary Janet Yellen Testifies Why Financial Institutions Flagged Purchases of Bibles “…her agency demanded private banking institutions flag and turn over data on purchases made by Americans without a warrant.” https://t.co/9y3mvnuaSK
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Watch Live: Senators To Grill Yellen Over Treasury's "Domestic Spy Games" On Gun Owners https://t.co/VvdzRRzkE0
Yellen appears before Senate Banking Cmte today
US Tsy Sec. Yellen To Testify On FSOC Annual Report At Senate Committee On Banking Affairs 09:00 ET - To Meet EU’s Gentiloni At 15:00 ET
Treasury Secretary Yellen has federal investigators ask banks to search and filter customer transactions for terms related to the firearms industry. https://t.co/be09uzvxZF
Apparently Janet Yellen thinks the government can do whatever they want with your personal information. I asked Secretary Yellen if Treasury is directing anyone to search your personal financial data and she refused to give me a straight answer. Watch on Fox News here. https://t.co/OOIk7kJ2vx
Gun rights group urges senators to press Yellen over Treasury targeting gun transactions https://t.co/vFfe5XoCsD
🇺🇸 Congressman Jim Jordan: “Increasingly, we are hearing the federal government is suggesting banks search private financial transactions using highly partisan political terms" Yellen avoided declaring whether the department has surveilled consumers’. https://t.co/4CiIcfJJTi
"Has Treasury ... instructed financial institutions to search Americans' legal transactions in attempts to surveil their purposes?" Biden Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen dodges — three times in a row. https://t.co/oTy3u4PGdi