[D.C. Clothesline] The case was potentially bigger than the one against the Holy Land Foundation, the largest terrorism-financing case in American history. And, if prosecutions occurred, there would likely be a domino effect impacting many other Islamist organizations in America and around the world.Then, near the end of the Obama Administration in 2016, the Justice Department declined to prosecute.
Federal agents were stunned.
You heard me, stunned. Absolutely stunned!
No clear reason was given.
The investigation into Islamic Relief
| ...more formally, the International Islamic Relief Organization, one of Osama bin Laden’s favourite charities and for many years the recipient of Saudi largess, including the current king, Salman ibn whoever. The UAE listed it as belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, #44 on their 2014 blacklist .. |
The only reasonable speculation: The administration lacked the political will to take on the case.
Yes, because those "Islamist organizations" were Obama’s friends and allies.