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Group Launches Investigation into Trump DOJ’s Giveaway to Financial Scammers
Allied Progress launches investigation into Trump administration decision to end the successful Obama-era program Operation Choke Point.
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Consumer Affairs: Feds End Consumer Measure That Earned Wrath of Payday Lenders, Republicans and Sex Industry
A letter obtained by Allied Progress, a consumer group that had supported the initiative, reveals that the Department of Justice is ceding to demands to end Operation Choke Point.
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Politico: Justice Department to end Obama-era ‘Operation Choke Point’
Karl Frisch, executive director of Allied Progress, blasted the letter as “a massive giveaway to predatory payday lenders and other shady financial scam-artists.
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Law360: Justice Dept. To End Obama-Era Operation Choke Point
By Evan Weinberger The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday said it is set to end a controversial Obama-era program that sought to cut off scammers from the U.S. financial system but, critics say, ended up targeting payday lenders, gun shops and other businesses that were out of favor with the previous administration. Assistant Attorney General…
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Trump’s DOJ Gives Payday Lenders and Financial Scammers a Massive Gift
Trump administration scraps “Operation Choke Point” while admitting program uncovered “criminal activity” by predatory lenders.
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Report Reveals Suspiciously Timed Contributions from Payday Lenders to Key Members of Congress
Allied Progress details how twelve Congressmen were showered with thousands of dollars in campaign cash by payday lenders within days of taking official actions to benefit the industry.