Tax-exempt status of nonprofit tied to lefty violence under the microscope

A conservative watchdog group is pushing federal regulators to investigate the tax-exempt status of a major nonprofit that has been allegedly bankrolling violent protests for years.

The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) is requesting the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigate the Progress Unity Fund (PUF), a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit based in California, according to a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. CASA argues that PUF is violating its tax-exempt...