US Senator says taxpayer money was routed through intermediaries to hide funding to an organization he claims has Hamas ties.
US Senator Josh Hawley revealed explosive allegations that the Biden administration secretly funneled millions of dollars in taxpayer funds to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), using intermediaries to conceal the money trail and avoid federal tracking systems.
Speaking during a Senate hearing, Hawley said federal databases show no direct transfers to CAIR because the funds were deliberately routed through third-party organizations. According to Hawley, CAIR received $15 million in California and more than $1 million in Washington state, largely connected to Afghan parolee resettlement programs. He said this funding coincided with the entry of more than 36,000 individuals without formal identification, calling the figure “astounding” and deeply alarming.
Hawley also cited a 1993 wiretap from a meeting tied to the founding of Council on American-Islamic Relations, claiming participants discussed presenting the group as a civil rights organization while advancing the mission of Hamas. “This is a scandal. This is corruption,” Hawley said, demanding a full investigation into how taxpayer money ended up in the hands of what he described as an organization with terrorist ties.