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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Through "Operation Choke Point," prosecutors are investigating whether third-party processors that route payments for merchants through banks are ignoring signs of fraud to rake in fees from ...

In fact, one major lender has been turned away by 275 banks since the start of Operation Choke Point, a trend that has continued far beyond the so-called ‘end’ of the program.

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 ...