Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., urged the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations and their tax-exempt status over concerns the Muslim advocacy group has ties to terrorist organizations.
In a letter sent to IRS Commissioner Billy Long and first obtained by The Washington Free Beacon, Cotton cited “longstanding evidence” of CAIR’s ties to terror groups Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
“CAIR purports to be a civil rights organization dedicated to protecting the rights of American Muslims. But substantial evidence confirms CAIR has deep ties to terrorist organizations. In fact, in the largest terrorism financing case in U.S. history, CAIR was listed as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine committee,” Cotton wrote.
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