Congress Investigating Nonprofits’ Partisan Election Activities
Guest post by permission via Michigan Fair Elections
Editor’s Note: Trust But Verify (TBV) has been up and running for just over 60 days, reporting exclusively on non-profit organizations. Of the nine feature articles published, four of them have involved non-profit organizations’ involvement in U.S. elections. That was not by design, it was simply where the tips led. And now, Congress is seeing a similar pattern.
The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means that oversees tax policy, including tax-exempt organizations, is planning to investigate both partisan activities among 501(c)3 organizations as well as foreign money passing through 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 organizations to influence elections.
In an official “Request for Information” directed to their House colleagues on Monday,
