Originally published by Glenn Beck.
Is it finally lights out for the Council on American-Islamic Relations?
Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has sent a letter to the Treasury Department and IRS calling for scrutiny of the tax-exempt status of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its California chapter —citing evidence of prohibited election interference that I detailed in May 2024.
Rep. Smith’s letter primarily focuses on the California chapter of CAIR, which was accused of improperly applying for and spending $7.2 million in federal taxpayer money granted by the state of California. However, the letter also draws attention to “CAIR’s apparent intervention in the Presidential campaign by endorsing and sponsoring a ‘Protest Donald Trump’ rally at the annual Minnesota Republican Party Lincoln-Reagan Dinner.” Included in the evidentiary evidence are excerpts from another article of mine from Capital Research Center highlighting the event and other potential IRS violations by CAIR.
About CAIR
CAIR was founded on the national level by the U.S.-based wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist organization that created Hamas as part of a staged plan to covertly infiltrate, influence and ultimately dominate the Western world. Does this sound like an organization that should receive tax-exempt status to you?
“From its founding by Muslim Brotherhood leaders, CAIR conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists . . . the conspirators agreed to use deception to conceal from the American public their connections to terrorists,” federal prosecutors testified in a court filing in 2007. Critics of CAIR were vindicated after the October 7 attacks when its executive-director, Nihad Awad, celebrated the attacks at a recorded event. The video was then taken down as CAIR ridiculously tried to pretend Awad was only praising non-violent Gazans who briefly trespassed onto Israeli land. The Biden Administration condemned Awad’s remarks.
Texas Governor Abbott designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations. On February 5, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued CAIR and its Texas-based chapters with the stated objective of “prohibiting the organizations and their affiliates from owning property in the state or soliciting or recruiting members.”
CAIR’s Election Interference
“Under the Internal Revenue Code, all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Contributions to political campaign funds or public statements of position (verbal or written) made on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity. Violating this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes.”
Continue reading the full article at GlennBeck.com →
A free GlennBeck.com account is required to read the full piece.