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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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Justice Department Brief Challenging Consumer Bureau’s Independence Misses the Constitutional Mark
Attorney General Sessions goes to bat against CFPB for a Trump administration filled with Wall Street insiders and Goldman Sachs alumni.
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The Mortgage Report: The Department of Justice Changed Its Tune, What Now?
On Friday, the U.S Department of Justice (DOJ) turned against the CFPB, as the DOJ formally announced their support of PHH Corp in the case against the CFPB.