This week, news emerged of a behind-closed-doors February interview of retired FBI National Security Intelligence supervisor George Hill by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. One North Carolina congressman., Rep. Dan Bishop, R-NC-8, sits on the committee and has been very vocal about weaponization of federal bureaucracies against everyday Americans.
In the interview, Hill says Bank of America, North Carolina’s largest company, gave the FBI data on all of their customers who happened to purchase anything in and around Washington, D.C., Jan. 5 through Jan. 7 of 2021, in an effort to identify potential rioters who were at the storming of the Capitol.
Hill also has spoken to conservative media on this subject in recent weeks, as can be seen below.
Of course, sometimes a company will receive a court order saying they need to turn over information to law enforcement. It is generally the right thing to do to comply, unless there are ethical reasons not to. But Hill says Bank of America mined their own customers’ data and voluntarily handed over to the FBI without being asked.
Bank of America identified anyone who used one of their products, like a credit or debit card, on those dates in those areas, and handed the list of people over to federal law enforcement. The list further pinpointed anyone who had purchased a firearm, regardless of where and when.
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