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Department of Justice officials declined a request last year to prosecute Omar Ahmad, a co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), on Hamas-support charges emanating from the successful prosecution of a Texas charity.
Now U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is asking Attorney General Eric Holder to explain why. King's letter, released Monday, follows a report from Patrick Poole last week that senior Department of Justice officials in March 2010 turned down a request from prosecutors in Dallas to bring the case.
"Who made the final decision not to prosecute?" King asked in his letter. "Who, if anyone, from the Executive Office of the President, consulted with, advised, or otherwise communicated with the Department of Justice" on the issue?