US EditionStefanik Urges Treasury to Probe CAIR’s Alleged Hamas Links
Senators seek Treasury probe into CAIR's financial links to Hamas and cite its role in anti-Israel protests leading to antisemitic incidents, urging sanctions enforcement.
- Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. Tom Cotton urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations for potential links to Hamas and other terrorist organizations.
- The lawmakers assert that CAIR's historical ties since the October 7, 2023 attacks could indicate support for Hamas, which may violate U.S. sanctions.
- CAIR has denied supporting Hamas, calling such claims 'false and Islamophobic' on its website.
- The lawmakers highlighted the past identification of CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator in a major terrorism financing trial, enhancing the need for investigation by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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Stefanik urges Treasury to probe CAIR’s alleged Hamas links
U.S. Congressmember Elise Stefanik and Senate Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton have called for the U.S. Department of the Treasury to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations for possible sanctions violations or financial links to Hamas, while CAIR has responded by accusing Stefanik of attempting to trigger a "McCarthy-era witch hunt" and defending its mission to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote ju…
Stefanik urges Treasury to probe CAIR's alleged Hamas links
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — U.S. Congressmember Elise Stefanik of New York wants the U.S. Department of the Treasury to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations for possible sanctions violations or financial links to Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. CAIR, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, called a letter that Stefanik wrote to the Treasury an attempt to trigger a "McCarthy-era witch hun…
GOP lawmakers want Treasury to investigate CAIR for potential ties to Hamas
Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Elise Stefanik are asking the administration to look into the anti-Israel NGO’s funding and possible sanctions violations. The post GOP lawmakers want Treasury to investigate CAIR for potential ties to Hamas appeared first on Jerusalem World News.
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Cleveland Jewish NewsGOP lawmakers want Treasury to investigate CAIR for ‘potential ties to Hamas’
Sen. Tom Cotton and Rep. Elise Stefanik are asking the administration to look into the anti-Israel NGO’s funding and possible sanctions violations.The post GOP lawmakers want Treasury to investigate CAIR for ‘potential ties to Hamas’ appeared first on JNS.org.
Republican lawmakers demand Treasury probe CAIR over alleged Hamas ties and terrorism concerns
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., urge Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to investigate CAIR for potential Hamas funding and terrorist group connections.
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