House Panel Subpoenas 3 Left-Wing Groups in Singham Probe

The House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas to three left-wing nonprofit organizations as part of an investigation into a $39 million money trail linked to Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham, Fox News reported on Wednesday.

Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) issued the subpoenas on July 21 to The People’s Forum, a New York-based activist hub; BreakThrough News, a left-wing nonprofit media outlet; and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a research institute anchored in what it describes as “national liberation Marxism.” The committee accused all three organizations of failing to produce a “single responsive document” to earlier requests for information dating back to September 2025.

The Money Trail

The investigation centers on approximately $39 million that flowed from Singham to the three groups. According to Fox News Digital’s five-part investigation published in March 2026, Singham funneled $22.44 million to The People’s Forum, $16.76 million to Tricontinental, and $1.098 million to BreakThrough BT Media Inc.

The broader probe examines whether China-linked money moved through shell companies and donor-advised funds to U.S. tax-exempt organizations, potentially circumventing disclosure requirements under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The committee’s letters cite concerns that such financial arrangements “by design, obscure the original source of the contribution.”

Background on Neville Singham

Singham, 72, is an American-born tech entrepreneur and self-described Marxist who founded ThoughtWorks, an IT consulting company he sold for approximately $785 million in 2017. He now resides in Shanghai, China. The New York Post reported that Singham and his wife, CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans, established a network of shell companies and donor-advised funds to funnel money into the U.S.

According to Wikipedia, Singham is a benefactor of far-left causes and an admirer of Maoism. The New York Times has reported that he provides significant funding for media outlets and organizations around the world that promote pro-Chinese government propaganda.

Broader Investigation

The subpoenas represent the latest chapter in an expanding government scrutiny of Singham’s financial network. On June 29, Fox News Digital reported that a federal grand jury in Manhattan, led by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York, is investigating alleged financial crimes involving Singham and organizations he funded, including possible wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering. No charges have been announced.

Fox News Digital’s investigation documented $278 million flowing from Singham through a Goldman Sachs donor-advised fund and two now-defunct shell companies to six core U.S. nonprofits. The investigation mapped 223 transactions totaling $591 million across 67 core organizations spanning five continents, with a wider network estimated to encompass roughly 2,000 nonprofits, activist groups, think tanks, and media organizations worldwide.

Legal Battle

Attorneys for the organizations have pushed back against the committee’s demands, arguing that the investigation lacks a sufficiently clear legislative purpose, improperly invokes FARA, and infringes on First Amendment rights protecting freedom of association and speech. BreakThrough News additionally invoked freedom-of-the-press protections.

Attorneys for The People’s Forum compared the investigation to a “witch hunt” by the House Un-American Activities Committee of the 1950s and questioned whether the Ways and Means Committee had jurisdiction to investigate potential FARA violations.

The committee rejected those arguments, maintaining that its inquiry is “directed at financial arrangements and organizational structure, specifically whether existing tax-exempt law adequately guards against foreign-influenced funding networks.”

Political Context

The subpoenas arrive amid a broader Republican-led effort to investigate alleged foreign influence in U.S. domestic politics. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently convened a summit of 65 nations to counter “far-left terrorism,” and the State Department released a 100-page report on a network of U.S. organizations allegedly promoting propaganda for the communist regime in Cuba.

Chairman Smith said the subpoenas would help expose whether America’s tax laws “have been exploited to advance the CCP’s influence operations inside the United States.”

What’s Next

The three organizations have until August 7 to comply with the subpoenas and turn over the requested materials. Failure to do so could result in contempt proceedings. Separately, the federal grand jury investigation continues, and the committee has indicated it may advance legislation to close loopholes in tax-exempt laws regarding foreign funding.

The case raises fundamental questions about the balance between congressional oversight authority and First Amendment protections, as well as the adequacy of current laws in preventing foreign-linked money from flowing through intermediaries without public disclosure.