EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmaker Slams Biden Admin For Brushing Off Inquiry Into Orgs Backing Pro-Palestinian Protests

The Biden administration brushed off a top GOP lawmaker’s request for information regarding organizations backing pro-Palestinian protests, according to documents obtained by the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

Pro-Palestinian protests and riots have surged throughout the country for months, most recently at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chigaco this week. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and 15 other senators wrote to the IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel in May urging the agency to open an investigation into nonprofit organizations supporting certain pro-Palestinian groups and movements, and whether those organizations’ support jeopardized their tax-exempt status.

Ernst requested a response from Werfel by the end of May. But Werfel did not respond to Ernst’s letter until August, informing her that the agency would follow “standard procedure” and forward her request to the relevant office for review, according to a letter obtained by the DCNF. Werfel noted that “a referral does not necessarily mean we will conduct an examination.”

Werfel told Ernst that the IRS