According to recent IRS filings, alt-right star Richard Spencer’s National Policy Institute has lost its non-profit status after failing to file federal income taxes. The group is incorporated above a chocolatier in Alexandria, Virginia just outside Washington, DC.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Spencer expressed dismay at the IRS’s decision:
“I don’t know what to say. I don’t want to make a comment because I don’t understand this stuff,” Spencer said in a telephone interview. “It’s a bit embarrassing, but it’s not good. We’ll figure it out.”
Spencer vowed to appeal the loss and said his group filed the appropriate paperwork.
Some have questioned the National Policy Institute’s ability, legally, to raise funds in Virginia because of Spencer’s support for President Trump — a possible violation of federal rules forbidding nonprofits from supporting political candidates.
Since the beginning of President Trump’s political rise, Spencer has been the focus of several features in the mainstream press and is the face of a fringe political movement that is focused on creating a whites-only United States.
Fellow white supremacists at the Daily Stormer attacked the “Israeli Revenue Service” for succumbing to pressure from the “Judenpresse.” They also blamed “Jews with big money” for “the transparent and brazen trick.”
