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Senator Cotton Calls for IRS Probe into CAIR's Legitimacy

8/5/2025

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Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is urging the IRS to probe the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) over possible tax-exempt status violations, citing alleged connections to Hamas and past legal troubles. Cotton argues that organizations with ties to terrorism should not benefit from tax-exempt status, raising serious concerns about CAIR's legitimacy.

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Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is urging the IRS to probe the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) over possible tax-exempt status violations, citing alleged connections to Hamas and past legal troubles. Cotton argues that organizations with ties to terrorism should not benefit from tax-exempt status, raising serious concerns about CAIR's legitimacy.