(Free Beacon) Congress on Tuesday initiated a wide-ranging probe into 20 nonprofit groups bankrolling and supporting anti-Israel protests on college campuses across the nation and are petitioning federal authorities to turn over internal documents that could tie them to money laundering and terrorism financing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Reps. James Comer (R., Ky.) and Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.) — chairs of the House’s Committee on Oversight and Accountability and Committee on Education and the Workforce, respectively — asked the Treasury Department to immediately hand over “suspicious activity reports” related to a number of campus groups and nonprofits that are providing resources to anti-Israel campus agitators. Financial institutions file these reports with the federal government if they detect instances of potential money laundering or support for terrorism. The reports could provide proof that several of the organizations behind the anti-Israel protest movement are engaging in prohibited financial activities.
