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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., are urgent Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to analyze the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), claiming that it might be funded or directed by Hamas or different terrorist teams.
CAIR describes itself as a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group based in 1994 with chapters throughout the U.S.
The request comes as President Donald Trump led a ceasefire in Gaza between Hamas and Israel.
Stefanik and Cotton allege CAIR’s historic ties, public rhetoric and activism increase questions on whether or not the group’s help for Hamas quantities to materials help for terrorism.
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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is requesting the Treasury secretary examine the Council on American-Islamic Relations. (Getty Pictures)
The Treasury Division’s Workplace of Overseas Property Management, which enforces U.S. sanctions on terrorist teams and their associates, has the authority to analyze whether or not CAIR’s actions violate federal legislation, the lawmakers mentioned.
CAIR has lengthy denied accusations of supporting Hamas, saying it “doesn’t help any international group or authorities” and calling such claims “false and Islamophobic,” in response to a assertion on its web site. The group says its mission is to advocate for Muslim civil rights within the U.S.
Stefanik chairs the Home Republican Convention, and Cotton sits on the Senate Armed Companies Committee. Each have pressed for stricter enforcement of anti-terror finance legal guidelines in previous oversight efforts.
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Chairman Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., arrives for the Senate Choose Intelligence Committee listening to on “Worldwide Threats” within the Hart Senate Workplace Constructing, March 25. (Invoice Clark/CQ-Roll Name, Inc )
In July, Stefanik criticized the Metropolis College of New York for hiring a former CAIR worker. She referred to as the choice unacceptable to New York taxpayers.
She and Cotton say a Treasury probe would guarantee no U.S. belongings are used to advance the targets of Hamas.
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“We urge the division to instantly examine whether or not CAIR maintains monetary hyperlinks to Hamas that violate U.S. sanctions,” they wrote.
CAIR didn’t instantly reply to a Fox Information Digital request for remark.
