Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a bill signing in the State Capitol on April 23, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Abbott asks Treasury Secy. Bessent to suspend tax-exempt status of CAIR and to launch probe into group

Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott has escalated his campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), formally asking U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to suspend the Muslim civil-rights organization’s federal tax-exempt status and launch an immediate investigation into its activities.

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A report titled "Confronting Fear," about Islamophobia in the US released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is seen at their headquarters in Washington, DC, June 20, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Brigitte Gabriel Exposes CAIR: Judge Orders Donor Disclosure Amid Foreign Funding Allegations

A judge has ordered The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to open its books and reveal its sources of funding. This, after lawsuit by a former employee backfired. One America’s Stella Escobedo spoke about CAIR with Brigitte Gabriel, a national security analyst and NYT Bestselling author and chairman of ACTforAmerica.org.

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