House GOP Chairman Presses USAID on Grant to Terror-Linked Nonprofit

A senior House lawmaker says he’s frustrated with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s apparent refusal to investigate a government grant issued to a nonprofit group allegedly linked to terrorism. In a letter to USAID administrator Samantha Power this week, Representative Mike McCaul (R., Texas), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, demanded a full review of the situation.

The nonprofit in question, the Michigan-based Helping Hand for Relief and Development, reportedly has ties to Jamaat-e-Islami, a violent extremist network that operates in South Asia. In October 2021, USAID awarded HHRD a grant for $110,000 to reimburse it for shipping costs related to its humanitarian aid work.

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A senior House lawmaker says he’s frustrated with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s apparent refusal to investigate a government grant issued to a nonprofit group allegedly linked to terrorism. In a letter to USAID administrator Samantha Power this week, Representative Mike McCaul (R., Texas), the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, demanded a full review of the situation.

The nonprofit in question, the Michigan-based Helping Hand for Relief and Development, reportedly has ties to Jamaat-e-Islami, a violent extremist network that operates in South Asia. In October 2021, USAID awarded HHRD a grant for $110,000 to reimburse it for shipping costs related to its humanitarian aid work.