{"id":2242543,"date":"2024-05-11T17:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/groups-behind-protests-seizing-college-campuses-get-bad-news-as-senators-head-letter-to-irs\/"},"modified":"2024-05-11T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T21:20:04","slug":"groups-behind-protests-seizing-college-campuses-get-bad-news-as-senators-head-letter-to-irs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/groups-behind-protests-seizing-college-campuses-get-bad-news-as-senators-head-letter-to-irs\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Notify IRS About Groups Behind Campus Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgroups-behind-protests-seizing-college-campuses-get-bad-news-as-senators-head-letter-to-irs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242543&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senators address IRS regarding funding of campus \u200bprotests by outside forces. Inquiry initiated into nonprofit support of \u2063Hamas-linked groups. Scrutiny on\u2063 tax-exempt entities backing extremism. Efforts made to revoke status if violations found. Concerns raised on \u2064financial ties and \u2063accountability. Call for transparency and justice in funding investigations. Senators have raised concerns with the IRS about the funding of campus protests by external sources. They have launched an inquiry into nonprofit organizations supporting groups linked to \u200cHamas. There is a focus on scrutinizing tax-exempt entities \u2063supporting extremism, with actions\u2063 aimed at\u200c revoking their status if violations are uncovered. The push \u2063for transparency and accountability in funding \u2062investigations underscores the call for justice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Groups Behind Protests Seizing College Campuses Get Bad News as Senators Head Letter to IRS<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/%20\"><span>Rachel M. Emmanuel<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 11, 2024 at 1:36pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>In the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion, the Treasury Department\u2019s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN,\u00a0 asked financial institutions to use search terms like \u201cTRUMP\u201d and \u201cMAGA\u201d to comb through customer data on purchases of items like bus tickets, books or subscriptions looking for indicators of \u201cextremism\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FinCEN also provided slides instructing banks to flag customers making purchases at stores like Cabela\u2019s or Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods as \u201cpotential active shooters\u201d\u00a0or terrorists, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/17\/news\/feds-asked-banks-to-search-customer-data-for-trump-and-maga-references-after-capitol-riot-rep-jim-jordan-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-olympic-gold-medalist-swimmer-sentenced-non-violent-role-capitol-incursion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Capitol incursion<\/a> happened on one day and was over in a matter of hours, the protests on college campuses have continued for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The coordination between campuses, the professionally created signs, and the matching tents show clear evidence that these protesters, unlike the ones on Jan. 6, were being funded by outside, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sharpton-admits-truth-msnbc-can-left-say-jan-6-wrong-not-anti-semitic-campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Semitic<\/a> and\u00a0anti-American forces.<\/p>\n<p>Some 2,200 people have been arrested or detained on at least 49 college campuses in 26 different states, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/irs-urged-probe-tax-exempt-groups-supporting-anti-israel-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Fox News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, where are the FBI and the IRS now? Where is FinCEN?<\/p>\n<p>A group of 15 Republican senators, led by Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, has sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-05\/2024_05_09_letter_to_irs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel, demanding an investigation into whether several nonprofit organizations have violated their tax-exempt status by providing financial support to groups backing Hamas, which is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palestinian-terrorists-issue-death-threat-on-american-reformer-as-biden-admin-seeks-closer-ties\/\" title=\"Palestinian Terrorists Issue Death Threat on American Reformer as Biden Admin Seeks Closer Ties\">designated foreign terrorist organization<\/a>, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/congress\/gop-senators-press-irs-investigate-tax-exempt-groups-fomented-campus-unrest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Just The News. <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Only Republican senators requested the Educational Foundation (AJP), the Tides Foundation, the Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation (WESPAC Foundation), and \u201cand other benefactors of NSJP\u201d all be investigated by the IRS for funding hatred of Jews. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/clipjaXbZW\">https:\/\/t.co\/clipjaXbZW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lance Wallnau (@lancewallnau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lancewallnau\/status\/1789100860070306285?\">May 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  The letter specifically named the National Students for Justice in Palestine, the AJP Educational Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation as entities that should be scrutinized.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should these groups be stripped of tax-exempt status?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe write to demand you open an investigation to determine if the supporters of the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), including the AJP Educational Foundation, the Tides Foundation, the Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation (WESPAC Foundation), and other benefactors of NSJP have engaged in conduct warranting revocation of their tax exempt statuses on the basis of their financial support of NSJP,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is long-established precedent that when 501(c)(3) organizations have \u2018planned activities that violate laws\u2019\u00a0or engage in activities designed \u2018to induce the commission of a crime or if the accomplishment of the purpose is otherwise against public policy,\u2019\u00a0the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has grounds to revoke their tax-exempt status,\u201d\u00a0the senators wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not need to remind you of the heinous support NSJP chapters across the country have voiced for Hamas, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Within 12 days after the October 7th attack, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) documented that \u2018the national leadership of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and many of the organization\u2019s campus chapters <em>explicitly endorsed the actions of Hamas <\/em>[emphasis added]  and their armed attacks on Israeli civilians and voiced an increasingly radical call for confronting and \u2018dismantling\u2019 Zionism on U.S. college campuses,\u201d the letter continued.<\/p>\n<p>The letter pointed out that at NSJP chapter-led demonstrations, such as those at Columbia University, protesters \u201cwere reportedly chanting \u201cWe are Hamas\u201d and \u201cAl-Qassam [in reference to\u00a0the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas\u2019s military wing] you make us proud, kill another soldier now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of this abhorrent support for an FTO, we call on you to initiate an investigation to determine whether financial supporters of NSJP, including but not limited to AJP, the WESPAC Foundation, and the Tides Foundation, have engaged in conduct warranting their tax-exempt status to be stripped,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n<p>Tax-exempt nonprofits are forbidden from supporting terrorism or illegal activities. If groups like AJP, the Tides Foundation and others have been funneling money to NSJP chapters that openly embrace Hamas\u2019s terrorist tactics and ideology, then they have violated the terms of their 501(c)(3) status.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2695620\/democratic-dark-money-giant-behind-anti-israel-protests-has-scored-81m-in-taxpayer-dollars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Examiner<\/a>, The Tides Center, one of the organizations mentioned in the letter, has been a clearinghouse for dark money donations to progressive initiatives, including anti-Israel initiatives, that has long drawn scrutiny from conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2006 and 2023, the Tides Center \u2014 directly or through sub-awards \u2014 received at least $81.2 million from agencies like the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, State, Education, the Interior, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2695620\/democratic-dark-money-giant-behind-anti-israel-protests-has-scored-81m-in-taxpayer-dollars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Examiner.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It also has the support of far-left billionaires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thousands-massive-swarm-bees-ruins-bill-gates-time-tennis-match-forces-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Gates<\/a> and George Soros.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the reports that the Tides Foundation was supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/revealed-pro-hamas-billionaires-funding-pro-gaza-campus-rioters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-Hamas<\/a> protesters, conservative commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/glenn-beck-says-sound-freedom-directors-next-epic-level-godfather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glenn Beck<\/a> posted on social media, \u201cWow, who could have guessed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huge-setback-soros-san-frans-progressive-da-booted-leftist-citys-residents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Soros<\/a> and the Tides Foundation have been funding the pro-Palestine protests taking over colleges? It\u2019s almost like they\u2019re \u2014 gasp \u2014NOT GRASSROOTS.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow, who could have guessed that George Soros and the Tides Foundation have been funding the pro-Palestine protests taking over colleges? It\u2019s almost like they\u2019re \u2014 gasp \u2014NOT GRASSROOTS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VA9SbrxgVr\">pic.twitter.com\/VA9SbrxgVr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glennbeck\/status\/1787575580721852807?\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There cannot be two standards of justice in this country \u2014 one for protesters backing U.S.-designated terrorist groups and another for those fighting for election transparency.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time that organizations which have been actively funding pro-terrorist groups not just lose their tax-exempt status, but face accountability and careful scrutiny about the money trail, both to and from the organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The letter from the senators to the IRS is a good start, but it is only scratching the surface.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45763\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45763\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45763\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45763\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45763\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rachel Emmanuel has served as the director of content on a Republican congressional campaign and writes content for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">popular conservative book franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Rachel M. Emmanuel has served as the Director of Content on a Republican Congressional campaign and writes for a popular Conservative book franchise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following campus protests, senators send letter to IRS regarding groups\u2019 activities. Rachel M. 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