Former President George W. Bush is attracting a flurry of renewed criticism after revelations surfaced this week that he charged a charity for severely wounded veterans of the so-called War on Terror $100,000 in speaking fees.

“Bush led the military into the illegal and immoral invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan and failed to fund and prepare the Department of Veterans Affairs to care for those he sent to war,” Maggie Martin, Iraq veteran and organizer with Iraq Veterans Against the War, told Common Dreams. “It’s shameful that the former Commander in Chief would profit from funds intended to help struggling veterans.”

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ABC News revealed Wednesday that, in 2012, Bush charged the Texas-based charity Helping a Hero the steep fee. The organization says its mission is to help “severely wounded veterans returning from service in the War on Terror, primarily by partnering with the wounded hero to provide specially adapted homes to reintegrate them into their community.”

In addition to the speaking fee, the group paid $20,000 for Bush’s travel to Houston by jet. Just a year before, in 2011, Laura Bush was paid $50,000 for an appearance with the group.