Anti-Kavanaugh Groups Could Lose Non-Profit Status for Disrupting Hearings

Activists chant slogans as Capitol Police arrest them during a protest outside the office of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 20, 2018. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Several groups that organized people to disrupt Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings could be at risk of being stripped of their tax-exempt status for violating Internal Revenue Service rules, based on a review of the agency’s applicable rules.