Govt Subpoenas Rendell Records Backing Iranian Exiles

NEWSMAX: The Treasury Department has issued a subpoena for former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s speaking-fee records, under a law that bars transactions with terrorist organizations.

Rendell has spoken in Europe — and has joined rallies at the Capitol, White House, and State Department — on behalf of People’s Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), a militant Iranian exile group based in Iraq, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer

Rendell is now in the middle of an international controversy over his stance, and Iran’s official news agency over the weekend called him “among the most vocal advocates of the terrorist [MEK],” which Iran blames — along with Israel — for deadly attacks on its nuclear scientists…  (more)

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