Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), in a Wednesday congressional hearing, slammed the State Department for bankrolling 'thugs,' citing a Washington Examiner report on how the agency granted cash to a Gaza Strip-based entity accused of 'cooperating with' and 'supporting' Palestinian terrorists.
Rep. Tim Burchett , in a Wednesday congressional hearing, slammed the State Department for bankrolling"thugs," citing a Washington Examiner report on how the agency granted cash to a Gaza Strip-based entity accused of"cooperating with" and"supporting" Palestinian terrorists.
One of the State Department's grants to the center was $60,000 to"further promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility," grant records show. Another was $30,000 for a project related to information technology, specifically, to"raise the awareness of IT trends and provide networking opportunities with IT employers in Europe and Asia for target audiences."
"Let me submit to you, we give y'all over $60 billion a year, the State Department and I'm sure everybody up here will write a strong letter to these terrorists," Burchett said."But they're dirtbags, they're killing innocent people. That's why we're here today talking about this.
Jonathan Schanzer, a witness who is a former terrorism finance analyst at the Treasury Department, said the Popular Front is a terror group that"often goes overlooked," like in the case of the grant to the Phoenix Center for Research and Field Studies.
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