Posted 2/28/2024, 10:30:00 AM
USAID Probes Charity Ties to Terror Groups Despite New Grant
- USAID's inspector general began probing a $110,000 grant to a charity called HHRD that has concerning ties to terrorists
- The probe began in February 2022, but in October 2022 USAID gave HHRD another $78,000
- HHRD has links to Pakistani terrorist groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-e-Islami
- The House Foreign Affairs Committee called on USAID to suspend 2021 grant to HHRD over terrorism concerns
- Possible outcomes of the investigation include HHRD being suspended from receiving federal funds or getting debarred