- The Trump administration is considering an executive order to identify certain nonprofits as having ties to terrorism and immediately suspend their tax-exempt status, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
- The proposal would invoke an untested provision of the tax code to bypass standard IRS investigations and quickly inflict severe financial consequences on targeted groups.
- The effort aligns with a wider administration campaign spearheaded by Stephen Miller, Trump's newly named White House chief of staff, to penalize non-profit organizations.
- The proposed order builds on prior actions, including a directive for the IRS to monitor tax-exempt organizations and an executive order designating Antifa a domestic terrorist group.
- A White House official described the potential order as speculative, but legal experts noted an unprecedented interagency push to crack down on specific organizations.
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