Trump regulators move to curtail lending to undocumented immigrants - POLITICO

In new guidance, regulators said that undocumented immigrants may present an “elevated credit risk” and warned banks to account for the risk that they may lose their job or be deported as they underwrite new loans...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/13/trump-regulators-move-to-curtail-lending-to-undocumented-immigrants-00994688

 

US border patrol chief resigns abruptly amid string of exits by Trump immigration officials

The resignation comes weeks after the Washington Examiner reported that six current and former border patrol employees had accused Banks of regularly paying for sex with prostitutes during trips to Colombia and Thailand over more than a decade, and bragging about it to colleagues...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/us-border-patrol-chief-resigns  

Wallace reax to GOP senator telling fired HHS worker he 'deserved it'

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FDkHZXXeA48

Banks pouring trillions to fossil fuel expansion in global south, report finds

"Global banks often make public declarations that they are addressing climate change, but the scale of their continued financing of fossil fuels and industrial agriculture is simply staggering," she said...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/04/banks-pour-trillions-fossil-fuel-expansion-global-south-report-says

GOP rep falsely claims to be the top Republican on the Jan. 6 committee

Indiana's Jim Banks is trying to present himself as the "ranking member" of the Jan. 6 committee — which he isn't a member of...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-rep-falsely-claims-be-top-republican-jan-6-committee-n1282178

GOP Rep. Jim Banks: Republicans Have A 'Duty' To Punish Members Investigating Jan. 6 Riot | HuffPost

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) is urging his party to punish every lawmaker investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol if Republicans take back the majority in 2022...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-banks-punish-jan-6-committee_n_6127afd5e4b0231e369939ff

Opinion | How Kevin McCarthy is boosting the integrity of the Jan. 6 investigation - The Washington Post

… McCarthy and Jordan are very likely witnesses themselves. McCarthy made a frantic appeal to Trump to call off the rioters; he likely has firsthand experience of Trump's truly sociopathic and insurrectionist intentions that day...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/21/how-kevin-mccarthy-is-boosting-integrity-jan-6-investigation/

Opinion | Rep. Jim Banks is already trying to sabotage the Jan. 6 committee - The Washington Post

… the basic facts of the situation — like McCarthy's choice of Banks and Jordan — should be unflinchingly rendered as what they truly are: central to a broader campaign to cover up an effort to overturn our political order, a coverup saturated in a level of venality, bad faith and contempt for the public interest that has no place in a functioning democracy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/20/jim-banks-jan-6-committee-sabotage/

Fox's Chris Wallace catches Republican mid-lie, calls him out TO HIS FACE

https://youtu.be/QQOZLSZ-Yw8

‘Republicans are defunding the police’: Fox News anchor stumps congressman

"… but you and every other Republican voted against this $350bn."…
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jun/28/chris-wallace-republicans-defunding-the-police-fox-news-congressman-jim-banks

Wallace has contentious interview with GOP lawmaker: Aren't you the ones defunding the police? | TheHill

 "But you and every other Republican voted against this $350 billion."
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/560432-wallace-has-contentious-interview-with-gop-lawmaker-arent-you-the-ones

Mounting commercial real estate losses threaten banks, recovery - The Washington Post

...If U.S. banks absorb big losses on their $2 trillion in commercial real estate loans, the entire economy will suffer. Just the fear of looming bankruptcies and defaults has prompted banks in recent months to restrict new lending, at a time when the virus-ravaged economy needs all the help it can get...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/11/commercial-real-estate-economy/

NYT bombshell reveals banks forgave $287 million in debt Trump failed to repay – and he never paid taxes on it – Raw Story

Over the past decade banks have forgiven about $287 million in loans from Donald Trump, after he failed to repay the debts. Not only did Trump benefit from banks approach to his failing businesses, a New York Times bombshell report reveals, but it appears the President failed to pay taxes on the forgiven loans, which the IRS sees as income.....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/nyt-bombshell-reveals-banks-forgave-287-million-in-debt-trump-failed-to-repay-and-he-never-paid-taxes-on-it/

Bank profits slump 70% as virus rakes businesses, households - The Washington Post

The U.S. banking industry’s second quarter profits fell by 70% from a year ago, the FDIC said Tuesday, as low interest rates and the economic turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic weighed heavily on big and small banks alike.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/bank-profits-slump-70percent-as-virus-rakes-businesses-households/2020/08/25/2961458c-e6ee-11ea-bf44-0d31c85838a5_story.html

Small businesses sue Wells, JPMorgan, other banks over PPP loans - POLITICO

Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo are being sued by small business owners, who claim the big lenders unfairly favored companies seeking higher loan amounts under the government-backed Paycheck Protection Program.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/20/small-business-sue-wells-jpmorgan-197456

Two major banks pull support from Florida school voucher programs because of anti-LGBTQ policies - The Washington Post

The actions come after a newspaper investigation of schools involved in the voucher program.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/01/30/two-major-banks-pull-support-florida-school-voucher-programs-because-anti-lgbtq-policies/

GOP lawmaker: 'There is no quid in the quid pro quo if Ukraine ultimately got the aid' | TheHill

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) said Thursday that President Trump could not have engaged in a quid pro quo with Ukraine if the European nation ultimately received the military aid that he withheld before asking for an investigation into a potential 2020 election rival. https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/468349-rep-banks-there-is-no-quid-in-the-quid-pro-quo-if-ukraine-ultimately-got-the

Key House committee obtains subpoenaed Trump financial documents from two banks: report - The Hill

The House Financial Services Committee has obtained documents from two financial institutions relating to their dealings with the Trump Organization....
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445143-key-house-committee-obtains-subpoenaed-trump-financial-documents-from-two

As bank profits soar, Wall Street’s political spending hits new high - The Washington Post

Wall Street banks and other parts of the financial sector spent close to $2 billion on lobbying and campaign contributions in the 2018 election cycle, a 36 percent jump from the last non-presidential campaign year, according to a new report released Tuesday. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/04/30/bank-profits-soar-wall-streets-political-spending-hits-new-high/

Bernie Sanders Slams 'Wall Street Democrats,' Hints at 2020: 'Our Agenda Terrifies the Political and Financial Establishment' - Newsweek

"Our agenda terrifies the political and financial establishment of this country," read a Sanders fundraising email. "But the truth is, their agenda should terrify all of us." ....
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-2020-wall-street-democrats-agenda-1273803