A Virginia court has ordered American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) to provide internal and financial documents to Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares.
The order is part of a broader investigation into whether the charity funneled money to the foreign terrorist organization Hamas, as announced by Miyares’ office on Tuesday.
The nonprofit organization in Falls Church had its request to dismiss Miyares’s Civil Investigative Demand (CID) denied. As a result, AMP, also known as Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, is required to submit documents containing information about its board, employees, fundraising, finances, advertising, event planning, third-party solicitations and donations dating back to November 2016.
The Jerusalem Post provides further information:
Miyares announced in October that it was investigating AMP because his office believed it had been soliciting donations in Virginia without being properly registered and allegations that it “may have used funds raised for impermissible purposes under state law, including benefiting or providing support to terrorist organizations.”
The Virginia Attorney General’s Office investigation was sparked by the Boim family lawsuit against AMP. The family, whose son David was murdered by Hamas, accused AMP of being the continuance of other nonprofits that had been funneling funds to the Palestinian terrorist organization.
The Boims had previously secured a $156 million judgment against the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) and the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF). HLF was designated a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States Office of Foreign Asset Control, and in 2008 HLF and five of its leaders were convicted of providing material support to Hamas. IAP was dissolved after it was found civilly liable for providing material support to Hamas through propaganda efforts in 2004.
The suit had alleged that there was significant overlap between IAP and AMP leadership, with three IAP board members and close relatives of two board members serving on the AMP board. Three other IAP activists, two of which allegedly held leadership positions with HLF and IAP affiliates, reportedly had joined the AMP board. IAP’s executive director reportedly became AMP’s director, and former IAP president and suit defendant Rageeq Jaber was allegedly involved in high-level AMP decisions.
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