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Two federal agencies gave taxpayer dollars to charities with ties to terrorism

Every American understands a fundamental bargain with their government: you earn the money, Washington spends it responsibly, and at bare minimum, not a single dime ends up in the hands of anyone who wants to destroy this country.

After September 11th, that bargain was reinforced with solemn promises. New vetting systems. Tighter oversight. A national commitment that federal agencies would never again let money slide toward organizations with connections to designated terrorist groups.

Those promises, it turns out, were hollow. This week, investigative reporting revealed that two major federal agencies have been doing something so breathtakingly reckless that every American who has ever written a check to the IRS deserves a direct explanation from the people responsible.

Fourteen organizations with documented terrorist affiliations and extremist ties collected nearly $80 million through refugee resettlement and health grants. The crown jewel of this spending spree? The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ California chapter, which pocketed a jaw-dropping $42.2 million to provide services to Afghan refugees.

• The State Department and HHS directed roughly $2 billion to charities flagged for terrorist connections.
• CAIR received $42.2 million from HHS despite documented Hamas ties and FBI blacklisting.
• A mosque linked to 9/11 hijackers received $340,000 in taxpayer-funded federal sub-grants.
• Eighty-seven percent of the HHS grants to these organizations were approved under Biden.
• Direct financial support to Osama bin Laden

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