Remember when Republicans were against using the tax cops to go after political opponents? Well, they seem to have changed their minds.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R–Ky.) has made no secret of his desire to use finance laws against left-leaning activists. A few months ago, he complained that the IRS was going too easy on progressive nonprofits. Now he’s found another angle of attack: insinuating that these organizations are part of an anti-Israel conspiracy.
Comer and House Education Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R–N.C.) are “investigating the sources of funding and financing for groups who are organizing, leading, and participating in pro-Hamas, antisemitic, anti-Israel, and anti-American protests” on college campuses, they announced in a Tuesday letter.
“This investigation relates both to malign influence on college campuses and to the national security implications of such influence on…
