Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dodged when asked whether the Treasury urged banks to search legal purchases for signs of extremism

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen dodged the question when asked whether the Treasury Department urged financial institutions to examine legal purchases for signs of extremism.

In January , the House Judiciary Committee asserted that federal investigators, as part of an investigation into the events of January 6, 2021 , urged banks to search and filter legal purchases with terms like “ MAGA ,” “ Trump ” and “ Dick’s Sporting Goods ” while warning that the sale of “religious texts” could indicate “extremism”.