Senator Seeks IRS Investigation Into Hate-Mongering Hoaxer SPLC’s Tax-Exempt Status

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The last thing a vicious hate group that traffics in libel and terrorizes those who work in the cause of freedom should be given is tax exempt status. That the org is a “highly profitable scam” with sexual harassment and racial discrimination rife within its own ranks demands investigation.

Sen. Cotton Seeks IRS Investigation Into SPLC’s Tax-Exempt Status

Cotton sent letter to IRS Tuesday urging immediate action

Tom Cotton

BY: Joe Schoffstall,WFB, 

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) is seeking an investigation into the tax-exempt status of the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), according to a letter provided to the Washington Free Beacon.

Cotton sent the letter to the IRS April 2 and urges an investigation into whether the SPLC “should retain its classification as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization” amid news reports that have verified the “long-established fact that the SPLC regularly engages in defamation of its political opponents.”

The SPLC has garnered massive amounts of cash for its operations. The Washington Free Beacon reported in early March that the group has $518 million in assets, with $120 million now offshore.

“The business model has paid well,” Cotton writes in the letter. “The SPLC has accrued more than $500 million in assets. According to the group’s most recent financial statement, it holds $121 million offshore in non-U.S. equity funds. The SPLC uses these assets to pay its executives lavish salaries far higher than the comparable household average.”

Cotton also references a CNN report that states the organization “suffers from a pervasive racism culture.” Its co-founder, Morris Dees, was recently fired over inner turmoil among its treatment of its workers. Richard Cohen, the group’s president, has also stepped down.

“Based on these reports, and in the interest of protecting taxpayer dollars from a racist and sexist slush fund devoted to defamation, I believe that the SPLC’s conduct warrants a serious and thorough investigation.”

Engaging in systematic defamation is not a tax-exempt purpose: Federal law requires nonprofits classified as 501(c)(3) organizations to comply with IRS guidelines and have a “tax-exempt purpose,” Cotton writes.

Cotton goes on to speak of the SPLC’s “hate map”, which regularly lists mainstream conservative groups including the Family Research Council, the Alliance for Defending Freedom, and the Center for Immigration Studies alongside actual racist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.

The SPLC operates a tax-sheltered slush fund to enrich its leadership: In addition to failing to have a tax-exempt purpose, the SPLC’s peculiar financial situation warrants your attention,” the letter reads. “Federal law prohibits tax-exempt organizations from inuring to the benefit of any private individual. Yet the SPLC has accrued more than $500 million in assets as of October 31, 2018. Reportedly and inexplicably, $121 million of these assets are parked in offshore accounts.”

Cotton finishes by saying its “shady financial practices” have earned the organization an “F” rating from Charity Watch and calling for an investigation into the group after a flood of recent reports.

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felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

Cotton is one of the FEW good guys.
Let’s see what happens.

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

I always thought Senator Cruz was fighting the good fight against the muslums practically all by himself in the Senate.

felix1999
felix1999
4 years ago

The SPLC is a hate group and they especially HATE Christians.
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Suresh
Suresh
4 years ago

Sue SPLC for false poropaganda and shutting down conservative free speech rights or this will continue.

They are aided by the dumb , ignorant Left/Liberal loons coming out of colleges/schools run by pro-jihadi left/liberal loons

And by the time they realise their stupidity they get assaulted , gang raped or murdered like this couple its too late for them https://tinyurl.com/yahupccy

Problem is they enable evil while not able to see evil thanks to pro-jihadi left/liberal indoctrination in schools/colleges where real history of islam and America is no longer taught.

James Jones
James Jones
4 years ago
Reply to  Suresh

Don’t ever forget that George Cloooooney gave them a cool mil as he moved back to America, after everywhere else was “too dangerous”. Never owned any movies he was in, but they would have been all smashed a while ago, if I did. Biggest sack-o-s… ever (well actually it’s a pretty competitive field).

MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
MuhamMUDTheFakeProphet
4 years ago

I’d be surprised if the rotten, corrupt IRS does anything to investigate the SPLC.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

At its beginning during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, SPLC had noble intentions. However, over time, it has devolved into one of those leftist hatemongering dime-a-dozen hate groups that overpopulate the political landscape.

You know, like someone dying a slow and torturous death from some catastrophic wasting disease like cancer?

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
4 years ago

Yes, we need to go through this with a fine-tooth comb. Call in that ‘elite’s errand boy. Robert “Mugabi” Mueller. Let him at it. He’ll leave no stone upturned.

Tell him the IRS necrophiliac commissioner likes peeing on dead bodies.

Raymond of Canada
Raymond of Canada
4 years ago

You can end with a fine-tooth comb, but probably need to start with a garden rake.

az
az
4 years ago

The senator is going to be added to their hit list as a racist nazi homophobic islamophobic *insert adjectives that SPLC uses on their targets here* person.
They also have fresh fabricated evidence of him, partying with KKK dragons on the weekends, like there’s no tomorrow.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
4 years ago

This so-called Center of “Law” is a dangerous organization, at least as it exists today. But that danger is more subtle than many realize.

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