Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging the federal government to investigate a Muslim civil rights organization — not based on evidence of wrongdoing, but based on discredited conspiracy theories that have been debunked by courts, independent investigators, and decades of public record.
It is the kind of request that would be dismissed immediately if it targeted any other community. But it was directed at a Muslim organization, so the letter was sent, and the machinery of government harassment was set in motion.
Read the full response letter sent to Secretary Bessent: here.
United Voices is not just documenting this request — we are amplifying the question it raises. Cotton and Stefanik have spent the past year pursuing what United Voices describes as a “McCarthy-era witch hunt” into Americans who opposed the genocide in Gaza. The timing, the targeting, and the language all align with documented lobbying strategies promoted by pro-Israel organizations, including AIPAC, whose affiliated foundation funded congressional trips to Israel for dozens of lawmakers this year alone.
The question that deserves a serious answer: are Cotton and Stefanik acting in coordination with the Israeli government, or in exchange for campaign contributions, free travel, or other items of value from pro-Israel donors? That question has been formally raised with the Treasury Department, urging it to examine whether the two lawmakers may have violated bribery statutes or the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
“Tom Cotton and Elise Stefanik are Israel First politicians who have spent the past year ignoring the needs of their constituents while pursuing witch hunts into Americans who opposed the genocide in Gaza — all for the benefit of the Israeli government,” United Voices said.
The broader pattern matters here. Across the country, Muslim organizations, Palestinian advocacy groups, and pro-Palestinian student coalitions have faced coordinated pressure campaigns — investigations demanded, funding cut, visas revoked — while those orchestrating the pressure face no scrutiny of their own motives or their own financial relationships with foreign interests. United Voices believes that accountability must run in all directions. If Tom Cotton and Elise Stefanik want to use the apparatus of the federal government to investigate American Muslims, the American public deserves to know exactly who is driving that agenda and what they are getting in return.
Sens. Tom Cotton and Elise Stefanik Demanded a Federal Investigation of a Muslim Civil Rights Group. United Voices Is Asking Who Paid for That Request.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging the federal government to investigate a Muslim civil rights organization — not based on evidence of wrongdoing, but based on discredited conspiracy theories that have been debunked by courts, independent investigators, and decades of public record.
It is the kind of request that would be dismissed immediately if it targeted any other community. But it was directed at a Muslim organization, so the letter was sent, and the machinery of government harassment was set in motion.
Read the full response letter sent to Secretary Bessent: here.
United Voices is not just documenting this request — we are amplifying the question it raises. Cotton and Stefanik have spent the past year pursuing what United Voices describes as a “McCarthy-era witch hunt” into Americans who opposed the genocide in Gaza. The timing, the targeting, and the language all align with documented lobbying strategies promoted by pro-Israel organizations, including AIPAC, whose affiliated foundation funded congressional trips to Israel for dozens of lawmakers this year alone.
The question that deserves a serious answer: are Cotton and Stefanik acting in coordination with the Israeli government, or in exchange for campaign contributions, free travel, or other items of value from pro-Israel donors? That question has been formally raised with the Treasury Department, urging it to examine whether the two lawmakers may have violated bribery statutes or the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
“Tom Cotton and Elise Stefanik are Israel First politicians who have spent the past year ignoring the needs of their constituents while pursuing witch hunts into Americans who opposed the genocide in Gaza — all for the benefit of the Israeli government,” United Voices said.
The broader pattern matters here. Across the country, Muslim organizations, Palestinian advocacy groups, and pro-Palestinian student coalitions have faced coordinated pressure campaigns — investigations demanded, funding cut, visas revoked — while those orchestrating the pressure face no scrutiny of their own motives or their own financial relationships with foreign interests. United Voices believes that accountability must run in all directions. If Tom Cotton and Elise Stefanik want to use the apparatus of the federal government to investigate American Muslims, the American public deserves to know exactly who is driving that agenda and what they are getting in return.