After wildfires devastated Southern California in January 2025 — killing hundreds and destroying nearly 20,000 homes by some estimates — a nonprofit organization called FireAid held a celebrity-studded benefit concert to raise funds and provide relief to those affected.
A report released by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday alleges that the “funds raised for fire victims have been used for purposes wholly unrelated to fire relief” and, as evidence of this, cites a number of racial advocacy groups that received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants out of the roughly $100 million raised in support of victims.
“[B]ased on internal documents reviewed by the Committee, instead of helping fire victims, donations made to FireAid helped to fund causes and projects completely unrelated to fire recovery, including voter participation for Native Americans, illegal aliens, podcast shows, and fungus planting,” Judiciary Committee staff wrote in their report…