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Rep. Jason Chaffetz

(R-UT)

GOVERNMENT

BLAZE EXCLUSIVE: CONGRESSMANPRESSES HOLDER TO INVESTIGATETERRORIST PLANS IN BANK PLOTPosted on March 23, 2011 at 11:34am by Jonathon M. Seidl

The Blaze has obtained an exclusive letter sent from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) to Attorney

General Eric Holder regarding shocking video uncovered by The Blaze on Tuesday.

(Watch the original video.)

In the letter, Chaffetz references video, posted yesterday on this site, showing a one-time

SEIU official, Stephen Lerner, outlining a plan to collapse the American economy

including crashing the stock market so that unions can become more powerful. The

sinister plan is set to take place in May and includes mass homeowner mortgage strikes.

(Read our report on Stephen Lerner.)

Chaffetz tells Holder the escalation of Mr. Lerners threats would clearly constitute domesticterrorism and pose substantial harm to the American people and the economy. He goes on to request Holder

investigate Mr. Lerners terrorist plans and notify me how the Department of Justice plans to respond to these

threats.

The letter, sent Wednesday, was also distributed to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House committee on

Oversight & Government Reform, and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the ranking minority member.

You can read the letter below:

March 23, 2011

The Honorable Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Attorney General

U.S. Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20530-0001

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Dear Attorney General Holder:

Recent media reports suggest that the former director of the Service Employees

International Unions (SEIU) banking and finance campaign has threatened to seriously

endanger the welfare of the United States. In a forum at Pace University earlier this

month, Stephen Lerner, the former SEIU official, revealed a secret plan to cause a new

financial crisis . . . destroy J.P. Morgan . . . and weaken Wall Streets grip on power by

using civil disobedience to create the conditions necessary for a redistribution of

wealth and a change in government.[1]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines terrorism as the unlawful use of

force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the

civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social

objectives.[2] The escalation of Mr. Lerners threats would clearly constitute domestic

terrorism and pose substantial harm to the American people and the economy. I am

therefore requesting that you investigate Mr. Lerners terrorist plans and notify me how

the Department of Justice plans to respond to these threats.

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the principal oversight

committee of the House of Representatives and may at any time investigate any

matter as set forth in House Rule X. An attachment to this letter provides additional

information about responding to the Committees request.

If you have any questions regarding this request, please do not hesitate to contact[redacted]. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

______________________

Jason Chaffetz

cc: The Honorable Darrell Issa, Chairman

cc: The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Minority Member


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[1] Henry Blodget, Caught on Tape: Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan to Destroy

JP Morgan, Crash The Stock Market, And Redistribute Wealth in America, Bus. Insider,

(Mar. 22, 2011), available at http://www.businessinsider.com/seiu-union-plan-to-destroy-

pmorgan (last visited Mar. 22, 2011).

[2] Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice,

(Oct. 26, 2007), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/topics/crime/terrorism/ (last

visited Mar. 22, 2011).

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Congressman Presses Holder to Investigate ‘Terrorist Plans’ in Bank Plot The Blaze

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