Disinformation Inc: Conservative blacklist network accused in IRS complaint of violating law – By Gabe Kaminsky (Washington Examiner) / May 4, 2023
EXCLUSIVE — A pair of U.S. nonprofit groups tied to the Global Disinformation Index, a British entity covertly blacklisting conservative media, are being slapped with an IRS complaint for allegedly violating federal law.
The charity Disinformation Index Inc., and its affiliated private AN Foundation, also known as the Disinformation Index Foundation, cited an obscure federal “harassment” exemption law in providing the Washington Examiner in late March with heavily redacted copies of its 2021 tax forms. The National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog, is now accusing both State Department-funded groups of running afoul of several federal rules and regulations, calling on the IRS to “revoke their tax-exempt status,” according to a complaint filed Thursday with the agency.
“This complaint is based on information regarding the questionable activities of these two organizations by investigative reporter Gabe Kaminsky in a series of recent news stories in the Washington Examiner and information found in their respective Form 990s and other public reports,” the watchdog wrote in its complaint. “As will be demonstrated herein, both the Disinformation Index, Inc. and its related AN Foundation (formerly Disinformation Index Foundation) have violated a number of IRS rules and regulations.”
