The Trump administration is seeking the dismissal of a suit alleging the nonprofit helmed by former president Jimmy Carter has used taxpayer funding to provide material support to international terrorist groups, including Hamas.
The Zionist Advocacy Center, which filed the recently unsealed suit in 2015, alleges the Carter Center received more than $30 million in taxpayer grants while violating federal statutes barring it from using the cash to provide material support to terror groups.
The plaintiffs maintain the Carter Center has violated the law by hosting designated terrorists at is facilities, as well as by providing various forms of assistance to the Palestinian terror group Hamas and other known terror entities, according to recently unsealed court documents.
Evidence presented in the case purports to show the Carter Center accepted millions in government grants while falsely certifying it was not violating prohibitions on providing material support to terror groups, which include a broad range of factors including lodgings, expert advice, and other types of support.
Former President Carter's ongoing and well-documented interactions with Hamas and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are tantamount to material support for terror groups, the suit alleges citing evidence Carter hosted these officials at his Center's offices.
The DOJ maintained in its motion to dismiss the case that the core issue represents "a difference of opinion with the Carter Center about how to resolve conflict in the Middle East" and, for that reason, does not violate laws barring material support to terror groups.
Services like those provided by the Carter Center can in fact "Contribute to the terrorist organization's own legitimacy," according to Segal, who said arguments revolving around the Carter Center's intentions in providing such services are irrelevant to the legality of the case.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/carter-center-sued-providing-support-terrorists-defrauding-taxpayers/
The Zionist Advocacy Center, which filed the recently unsealed suit in 2015, alleges the Carter Center received more than $30 million in taxpayer grants while violating federal statutes barring it from using the cash to provide material support to terror groups.
The plaintiffs maintain the Carter Center has violated the law by hosting designated terrorists at is facilities, as well as by providing various forms of assistance to the Palestinian terror group Hamas and other known terror entities, according to recently unsealed court documents.
Evidence presented in the case purports to show the Carter Center accepted millions in government grants while falsely certifying it was not violating prohibitions on providing material support to terror groups, which include a broad range of factors including lodgings, expert advice, and other types of support.
Former President Carter's ongoing and well-documented interactions with Hamas and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are tantamount to material support for terror groups, the suit alleges citing evidence Carter hosted these officials at his Center's offices.
The DOJ maintained in its motion to dismiss the case that the core issue represents "a difference of opinion with the Carter Center about how to resolve conflict in the Middle East" and, for that reason, does not violate laws barring material support to terror groups.
Services like those provided by the Carter Center can in fact "Contribute to the terrorist organization's own legitimacy," according to Segal, who said arguments revolving around the Carter Center's intentions in providing such services are irrelevant to the legality of the case.
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/carter-center-sued-providing-support-terrorists-defrauding-taxpayers/
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