US Senators Call For Investigation of Charitable Bail Organizations

 

Republican senators demand a government investigation into taxpayer money used to fund charitable bail organizations that free accused criminals from jail before they go to court. 

Sen. Mike Braun, Indiana, and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky, wrote a Tuesday letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office asking the nonpartisan fact-finding body to investigate bail service providers.

“We are deeply concerned by the prospect that taxpayer dollars are being allocated to nonprofit entities which post bail for individuals, but are not held responsible to the same standards of traditional bail agents within their territory,” the senators wrote in a letter addressed to the GAO. This letter was first obtained by Fox News Digital.

Senators want to know which federally funded non-profits provide bail services and how much taxpayer money they receive. They also want to know if there are any restrictions on federal dollars being used to get criminal defendants out of jail.

The senators request this because of a surge in violent crime and progressive bail reforms in New York. There have also been high-profile incidents in both senators’ states where charitable groups have bailed for alleged criminals. 

In Indianapolis last year, the nonprofit organization The Bail Project posted bail for individuals that went on to commit murder while they were on pretrial release. According to Fox 59, The Bail Project was awarded $250,000 by the city of Indianapolis as well as the Central Indiana Community Foundation.

McConnell’s home state, Kentucky, is where Black Lives Matter (BLM), Louisville, reportedly joined forces with the Louisville Community Bail Fund in order to post bail for Quintez brown, the suspect in Craig Greenberg’s shooting. Brown, allegedly Attempted to assassinateGreenberg at the campaign headquarters of the candidate in the Butchertown region of Louisville. Kentucky.

Senators agree that it is appropriate for the GAO commission a study of these groups in order to “Congress may identify funds being misappropriated to support unintended purposes.”

According to Chuck Young, spokesperson for the GAO, the GAO does away with politics and treats “both sides equally”. 

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