The President’s Plan to Ban “Debanking”

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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President Donald Trump wants to put an end to "debanking," the practice of closing accounts or denying services based on political beliefs. The president claims it has happened to him, his family, and other conservatives who suddenly lost access to financial services. FOX Business Network’s Brian Brenberg, co-host of The Big Money Show, joins the Rundown to break down what “debanking” is, reports that bank executives were pressured by Democrats to target certain businesses and industries, and what the president is doing to try to stop it. This week, thirty alleged members of the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang and their associates were charged by a federal grand jury in Colorado in two separate indictments. This followed a nine-month investigation involving local police, the DEA, and the ATF. The charges include murder-for-hire, drug trafficking, and firearms offenses. ATF Special Agent in Charge for the Denver Division, Brent Beavers, discusses the investigation. Then, Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky explains how the case was politicized early on and how the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement policies have impacted her community Plus, commentary from the host of FOX Across America and FOX News Saturday Night, Jimmy Failla. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Maria Bartramo. I'm Greg Gutfeld. I'm Liz Clayman, and this is the Fox News Rundown.
0:09.2	Thursday, August 21st, 2025. I'm Dave Anthony. Undoing debanking. That's what a Trump order aims to do,
0:22.5	preventing banks from getting rid of conservative customers, which the president says already happened to him. What the banks are
0:27.5	doing is kind of interesting. They're saying, well, we didn't really do that, but they're also
0:32.3	saying at the same time, we're very glad to have way more clarity around bank regulation.
0:39.7	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:41.2	It took several months and many undercover operations, but multiple law enforcement agencies
0:45.6	are slowly taking apart a violent transnational gang that established a deep presence in Colorado.
0:52.1	They were willing to conduct violent acts for compensation.
0:57.3	They could actually bring a head back as proof that the act was carried out.
1:02.1	It's pretty bone-chilling stuff.
1:04.2	And I'm Jimmy Falla.
1:05.6	I've got the final word on the Fox News Rundown.
1:12.4	They were under pressure to no longer do business with certain people for political reasons.
1:19.5	That's what some bank executives have told Fox News Digital about attempts in the Obama and then Biden administrations,
1:26.6	something President Trump wants to end.
1:29.7	After he says some banks he did business with for years, told him to close his accounts after his
1:36.5	first term in office.
1:38.0	First Lady Melania Trump wrote in her book, it happened to her, and to Barron, too.
1:42.5	And the older Trump sons say their business was targeted as well.
1:47.3	We had nowhere to go. Capital One stripped 300 bank accounts for me. 300 in the middle of the night.
1:52.8	They sent us a letter after doing business for 20-something years. All your bank accounts for golf courses and
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