In a letter to IRS Commissioner Billy Long, Sen. Tom Cotton says the Council of American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, does not deserve its 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status because of what he called " longstanding evidence " connecting it to terrorism.

One of CAIR's biggest critics, Muslim terrorism expert Robert Spencer, said, "Finally. This is something that should have been done many years ago. This is an organization that very much needs to be exposed, investigated, and shut down."

Founded in 1994 as a Muslim advocacy firm, CAIR's ties to terrorism have been investigated for decades.

The U.S. Government listed CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2008 conviction of the Holy Land Foundation for providing Hamas with millions of dollars.

In 2004, when CAIR filed a defamation suit

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