US Taxpayer Money Went to Al-Qaeda Affiliate During Obama Administration: Senate Reports

US Taxpayer Money Went to Al-Qaeda Affiliate During Obama Administration: Senate Reports
Then-President Barack Obama at the White House on Nov. 24, 2014. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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At least $150,000 in U.S. taxpayer money went to an Islamic organization with ties to terrorism through a humanitarian organization from 2014 to 2015, a large amount of which was approved by the then-Obama administration despite being informed the Islamic organization was a sanctioned entity, a Senate report shows.

On Dec. 23, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released a report of an investigation conducted by his staff into the relationship between World Vision, a non-profit humanitarian organization, and the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), an organization that has funded terrorist activities.