GOP lawmakers urge Treasury to press ahead with Hasan Piker Cuba probe

While Republican lawmakers applauded the Treasury Department’s investigation into whether Marxist political influencer Hassan Piker broke any laws during his recent visit to Cuba, a Jewish advocacy group also asked the Justice Department to investigate the Twitch streamer for allegedly serving as an unregistered agent for the communist nation.

Piker faces a federal administrative subpoena from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control; Piker says this investigation stems from a broader investigation into American-born, Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham and the pro-communist nonprofit network he funds.

Many lawmakers in Washington, D.C., all GOP, welcomed the investigation.

R-Calif., told Fox News Digital. “It’s no secret that the man who said America deserved 9/11 has catapulted to stardom as the voice of the Democratic left, openly discussing the money and strategy that makes up the progressive protest industrial complex,” said Rep. Darrell Issa.

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“There is no way Congress can ignore what we learned about funding from Neville Singham or a scandal that is now hiding in plain sight,” Issa added.

Over the weekend, Fox News Digital reported that the Treasury Department had subpoenaed Piker and CodePink co-founder Susan Medea Benjamin as part of a broader investigation into whether U.S. organizations and leaders violated U.S. laws and sanctions to support Cuba’s communist regime.

CodePink, an organization co-founded by Singham’s wife and funded by Singham himself, sponsored a trip to Cuba for far-left influencers in March. Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, also attended the trip, but officials from Omar’s office told Fox News Digital that her daughter paid for the trip herself and was not staying at a five-star hotel with other political activists.

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During Monday’s livestream, Piker pointed investigators to Singham as a target, saying Singham’s “operation” in the United States included the openly Marxist ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, known as PSL.

“I think ultimately the target is probably Singham and his operations from PSL to ANSWER Coalition to CodePink — like everything he’s ever funded,” Piker said. “I’m not sure how much money he has right now, but he’s been a funder for a lot of political movements in the country, like a lot of activism, and they hate that, so they’re trying to stir it up.”

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An investigation by Fox News Digital found that Singham funneled $285 million to six organizations: $22.44 million to the People’s Forum, the center of communist organizing in New York City; $1.33 million to CodePink; $68.7 million to Justice and Education Fund Inc., a nonprofit organization that funnels money to anonymous projects abroad; $1,098 million to BreakThrough BT Media, a propaganda arm; and $16.76 million to Tricontinental Ltd., a pro-communist think tank. The Party for Socialism and Liberation and the ANSWER Coalition share office space in the People’s Forum and share leadership with the People’s Forum.

CodePink, the People’s Forum and the Party of Socialism and Liberation are part of a network that organizes protests, messages, rallies and other symbols of support for the Communist Party of Cuba. (X/CodePink, X/People’s Forum, X/Socialism and Liberation Party)

The Treasury Department seeks financial, logistical and contact information regarding trips to Cuba through “Requests for Information” or “RFIs.”

“Good” You. Rick Scott, R-Fla., posted in response to news of the subpoena. “Hasan Piker and Code Pink went to Cuba, stayed in five-star hotels, got close to thugs in the communist regime, and completely IGNORED the starvation and torture of innocent political prisoners.”

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“They should be thoroughly investigated and held accountable for ANY laws broken,” Scott added.

Scott and Piker have clashed before. “If you cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott,” Piker said, describing the GOP’s targeting of fraud by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.

Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital that Piker’s radical views and his increasingly popular base are part of the growing radicalism within the Democratic Party.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., speaks at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on July 13, 2023. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Fine said Piker’s influence on the Democratic Party was changing the Congress he saw while serving as a page in Washington, D.C., more than 30 years ago.

“The parties had different views on how to make America great, but both sides wanted to make America great,” Fine said. “Democrats loved America 35 years ago. They wanted to get there in a different way than Republicans did. And everyone wanted a successful America.”

“Times are changing. When I look across the street, I see the people I served with in Congress who are trying to destroy the country,” Fine added.

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Questions have grown about whether Piker must register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The National Jewish Advocacy Center told Fox News Digital on Thursday it called on the Justice Department to investigate Piker over FARA rules.

Last week, Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, who was born to parents exiled from Cuba, told Fox News Digital that he shares concerns about political activists who support communist regimes without registering as foreign agents.

“It’s hard to understand how they’re not registered with FARA because they’re so consistent. So let’s at least give them credit for that,” he said.

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“It should come as no surprise that people affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party or frankly other anti-American groups are funding these groups in the United States.” [These groups’] “Its sole role is to protect, defend and support anti-Americans,” he added. “Whether they are terrorist groups or [or] “Terrorist regimes like those in Iran or Cuba.”

So far, only one Democratic member, Rep. Delia C. Ramirez, D-Ill., has sent a post to X following Fox News Digital’s report on the federal subpoena, calling the move “‘Red Scare’ tactics.”

Marxist political influencer Hasan Piker stands outside his home in West Hollywood, California, on May 12, 2026, and quietly gestures for his dog, Kaya, to direct him to his home. (MB/Splash for Fox News Digital)

“By branding opponents as ‘domestic terrorists’, ‘communists’, ‘Marxists’, the Trump administration legitimizes the targeting, persecution and violation of their rights,” Ramirez said.

“But this isn’t the 1950s, and we won’t fall for ‘Red Scare’ tactics,” he added. “We are fighting against their authoritarian, imperialist agenda.”

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Piker’s fan base criticized other Democratic leaders and members for not standing with him, calling Democrats’ failure to defend Piker “Blue MAGA.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Piker and Benjamin but did not hear back.