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First on Fox: Huis Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R -KY., Investing whether federal actors have played some role in the “Debanking” conservatives, so that his probe was broadened by financial institutions to alleged political discrimination.
“The government’s supervision and reform committee is investigating the incorrect debt of individuals and entities on the basis of political visits or involvement in certain industries such as cryptocurrency and blockchain,” Nocer wrote to the American office of the Currency Comproller.
“In particular, the committee is aimed at whether the actions themselves are initiated by financial institutions or done in the direction of government regulators.”
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Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, is investigating the possible ‘Debanking’ of Conservatives. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images / Getty image)
For the first time, Comer started his research in January this year after investor Marc Andreessen on the podcast “Joe Rogan Experience” said he was aware of 30 tech founders who had debit or had fallen from their banks during the Biden administration years because of their politics. Andreessen called it pressure against ‘political enemies’.
The Republican of Kentucky also revealed at the time that there were indications First Dady Melania Trump And first son Barron Trump was degraded about politics.
A month later, he expanded the investigation into alleged politicization in the way in which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approached cryptocurrency regulation.
His new letter is now looking for “all documents and communication between the OCC and financial institutions related to the crypto or crypto-related business admissibility”, as well as all comparable communication with the treasury, the president’s office and other entities with regard to “the OCC’s review, strategy and supervision of the financial institutions.”
First Lady Melania Trump in the Rozentuin of the White House in Washington on May 7, 2018. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images / Getty images)
“Because the FDIC assessment looked aimed at small institutions and not many of the largest banks of the nation that whistleblowers have identified during our research, the committee seeks the help of the OCC to better understand your enforcement approach to larger financial institutions under your supervision,” the letter said.
“Since the OCC is the primary regulator of banks that have been chartered on the basis of the National Bank ACT10-in particular the largest banks of the nation with assets between $ 50 billion and $ 3 trillion11, the Committee searches for the enforcement of the OCC of the financial institution and expansion.”
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At the time, he asked whether it was part of the Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) business framework for the sustainability and ethical consequences of a company.
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“What we want to know is, is this a process of the ESG policy of the banks? Is this a – or is this our government in? Like what we found with Twitter and Facebook where the government came in and said they wanted to tolerate and tolerate certain conservatives and removed certain conservative content?” Early Comer.
“We want to know again, this is the involvement of the government, another dirty trick Joe Biden’s AdministrationOr is this just poor liberal policy that discriminates against conservatives by the banks? “
