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G. Edward Griffin Charged With Attempt To Incite Bank Run, More Arrests To Follow
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diff --git a/wiki/news/g-edward-griffin-charged-with-attempt-to-ensite-bank-run-more-arrests-to-follow.md b/wiki/news/g-edward-griffin-charged-with-attempt-to-ensite-bank-run-more-arrests-to-follow.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0497356b @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +--- +title: "G. Edward Griffin Charged With Attempt To Incite Bank Run, More Arrests To Follow" +type: news +status: confirmed +date: 2023-01-26 +author: Richard Greaser +image: "https://storage.ghost.io/c/2b/78/2b7819dd-fa09-4afb-83f8-6f9e5bcc69fd/content/images/size/w1200/2023/01/Copy-of-Add-a-little-bit-of-body-text--4-.png" +sourceUrl: "https://www.bugle.news/g-edward-griffin-charged-with-attempt-to-ensite-bank-run-more-arrests-to-follow/" +sources: + - raw/news/g-edward-griffin-charged-with-attempt-to-ensite-bank-run-more-arrests-to-follow.json +--- + +The DOJ arrested and charged popular conspiracy theorist [[characters/g-edward-griffin|G. Edward Griffin]] on Tuesday for attempts to incite a bank run — attempts consisting, per the government's own account, of explaining how banking works. Attorney General [[characters/merrick-garland|Merrick Garland]] stated in a press release: "G. Edward Griffin has been attempting to incite a bank run for years. His attempts to educate the public on the way the monetary system works in unacceptable and is a danger to its foundation. We are partnering with the Treasury Department to prevent further erosion of public trust." + +Garland warned that other educators are at risk of prosecution, and identified the main catalyst for the arrest as Griffin's 1994 book [[media/the-creature-from-jekyll-island|The Creature from Jekyll Island]]. "There is no room for dollar fed and undermining the source of government funding," Garland finished with. + +Treasury Secretary [[characters/janet-yellen|Janet Yellen]] endorsed the arrest with characteristic warmth: "We should throw more conspiracy theorists in cages. The biggest threat to our democracy is for individuals to learn how money really works." Markets rallied on the news. + +The arrest is the opening beat of [[storylines/defense-of-the-dollar|the defense of the dollar]], the federal government's coordinated campaign to protect the currency from people who describe it accurately. + +> irl: G. Edward Griffin is a real author whose *The Creature from Jekyll Island* (1994), a critical history of the Federal Reserve, is a staple of Bitcoiner reading lists. He has never been arrested for it; the Garland and Yellen quotes are invented. The article satirizes the sentiment that monetary education itself is treated as subversion.