FIRST ON FOX: The powerful House Ways and Means Committee has subpoenaed three left-wing nonprofits in an investigation into more than $39 million that flowed from Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham to the groups, Fox News Digital has learned.In three letters dated July 21 and obtained by Fox News Digital, the committee accused the three nonprofits of failing to turn over a "single responsive document" to earlier requests for information.The committee, led by Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., issued the subpoenas to the People’s Forum Inc., a New York-based activist hub; BreakThrough News, a left-wing nonprofit media outlet; and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, which says its work is anchored in "national liberation Marxism."RUBIO PUTS ENTIRE WORLD ON NOTICE AGAINST RISE OF 'POISONOUS' FAR-LEFT TERROR 'MASKED AS EQUALITY'David Chung, organizing director at The People’s Forum, prepares for an anti-war demonstration in Union Square in New York City, left.Tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham attends The Red Party in New York City on Feb.
14, 2018, right.(Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital; Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images)The legislative action emerges as far-left nonprofits face growing scrutiny from law enforcement agencies, policymakers and federal agencies for their alleged roles in promoting communist propaganda, engaging in money laundering schemes and fomenting discord and even political violence.
Last week, Secretary of State Rubio convened a summit of 65 nations to counter "far-left terrorism.On Monday, the State Department released a 100-page report on a network of U.S.organizations that allegedly promote propaganda for the communist regime in Cuba.The panel said it is investigating whether existing laws governing tax-exempt organizations adequately protect against foreign influence — and whether Congress needs to change those laws.
The letters cite a five-part Fox News Digital investigation published in March that exposed the flow of $285 m...