Operation Choke Point shows why that objective is so important. Heritage Senior Legal Research Fellow Paul Larkin identified how it happened in his paper, “ The Reach of the Congressional Review ...

The development of Operation Choke Point appears to have begun with a 2011 FDIC circular that noted “an increase in the number of deposit relationships between financial institutions and third ...

Kelsey was a senior contributor covering education reform and social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Send an email to Kelsey. Making clear its official stance against Operation ...

Targets of Operation Choke Point—such as porn star Teagan Presley, who was profiled by Vice News in 2014—often didn't have any idea why their bank accounts were being frozen or closed.

Operation Choke Point 2.0 has been ringing across the crypto space for several years now, but more details about the alleged coordinated effort to de-bank crypto firms have emerged as more industry.

New documents show FDIC at center of Operation Choke Point. The Trump administration owes the public a full investigation into Operation Choke Point and an explanation for why many of the people ...

The Justice Department’s “Operation Choke Point” initiative has been shrouded in secrecy, but now it is starting to come to light. I first heard about the program in January through this ...

Operation Choke Point is one of the most dangerous programs I have experienced in my 45 years of service as a bank regulator, bank attorney and consultant, and bank board member.

Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at Bitcoin 2025 Conference 5/28/25 California Democrats stage internal war over ...

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 ...

John-Michael Seibler is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Kudos to the Justice Department for ending Operation Choke Point ...