Grassley Grills Biden Nominee Over Push to Lift Sanctions on Group Tied to Terror
Senator asks USAID pick Samantha Power about 'advocating on behalf of a foreign sanctioned entity.'
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administrat...signated-group/
Adam Kredo - March 8, 2021 5:45 PM

The Biden administration’s nomination of Samantha Power to head the United States Agency for International Development is facing congressional scrutiny amid allegations the former Obama administration’s United Nations ambassador personally lobbied to remove a terror-designated group from the U.S. sanctions list.

A series of redacted emails obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) as part of an investigation into a nonprofit group that granted U.S. taxpayer funds to the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), a terror-tied charity sanctioned by the American government, allegedly show that Power was "involved in efforts to delist ISRA from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list" during her time as the U.N. ambassador, according to a letter Grassley sent last month after Power was nominated for the USAID job.

Delisting ISRA would pave the way for it to again receive U.S. taxpayer dollars from USAID and other government agencies. It also would serve as a sign to the international donor community that it can resume sending ISRA money, despite outstanding concerns it is still working with designated terror organizations, as cited by the U.S government in its original designation.

Grassley demanded that Power provide him with further information about the 2015 emails regarding ISRA’s status and explain "why you would take an interest in advocating on behalf of a foreign sanctioned entity." The senator asked for this information by March 4, but Power has yet to respond, according to sources familiar with the matter.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

Good grief. Putting Powers over USAID is putting the grifters in charge of the bank.

This is one of the main organizations that is used, indebting American taxpayers, present and future, to launder money over to politicians and other bad guys.