The National Action Network bills itself as a civil rights organization. It has a history of connection to Al Sharpton, who has a history of not paying his taxes.
The New York Daily News reported on NAN’s tax filings in 2010:
After back-to-back years in which he took no compensation from the National Action Network, Sharpton pulled down $250,000 last year, the organization’s federal tax filings show.
The payday comes even as his group, a Harlem-based nonprofit organization, lists $1.1 million in unpaid city, state and federal payroll taxes as of Jan. 1, the group’s auditor told the Internal Revenue Service.
At the same time, the reverend has three outstanding warrants totaling $988,000 in unpaid personal income taxes from 2002 to 2007, the state Department of Taxation and Finance says.
On Tuesday, NAN held a protest outside Trump Tower in New York City in opposition to the president’s naming of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch:
TONIGHT meet us outside of Trump Towers in NYC as we #resist Trump's Supreme Court Nominee. pic.twitter.com/UYWBxO3Qmr
— NationalActionNet (@NationalAction) January 31, 2017
20-30 people, organized by @NationalAction, gathered outside Trump Tower in NYC to rally/protest against @POTUS #SCOTUSnominee pic.twitter.com/kLTpxoLBh5
— Tamara Gitt (@tamaragitt) February 1, 2017
NAN NYC leadership arrested during peaceful protest against #Gorsuch, Trumps SCOTUS Nominee outside of Trump Towers. #resist #StopGorsuch pic.twitter.com/yC58crf8yL
— NationalActionNet (@NationalAction) February 1, 2017
Peaceful civil disobedience at @NationalAction protest of SCOTUS nominee. @KirstenJohnFoy @NYCLU. pic.twitter.com/eSfxgLgoH0
— Johanna Miller (@JohannaWithAnH) February 1, 2017
Eric Garner's mom Gwen Carr arrested in civil disobedience at #trumptowers over #SCOTUSnominee with other @NationalAction NY leaders pic.twitter.com/HPuMNkEog7
— Rachel (@rachelnoerd) February 1, 2017
Eric Garner's mother Gwen Carr one of 11 arrested outside Trump Tower after a peaceful protest pic.twitter.com/pjSTTKLthh
— Tamara Gitt (@tamaragitt) February 1, 2017
Happening now- @NYCLU protest monitoring outside #Trump tower w/ @NationalAction pic.twitter.com/Vm16onClVB
— Johanna Miller (@JohannaWithAnH) February 1, 2017
protestors performing civil disobedience blocking traffic outside Trump Tower pic.twitter.com/W6UAXrNZ95
— Tamara Gitt (@tamaragitt) February 1, 2017
Sharpton was quick to take to Twitter about the Gorsuch nomination:
Gorsuch is not more qualified than Garland. What's the standard? Gorsuch is not being nominated to take Scalia's seat, but 4 Garland's seat.
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) February 1, 2017
Meanwhile, Sharpton was still feeling some heat for this comment:
My response to those who say Jesus was not a refugee. We can have different opinions, but we can't have different facts! pic.twitter.com/450bQSxDpg
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) January 31, 2017
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