Prominent far-left figures, including livestream influencer Hasan Piker, are rallying around a pro-China media outlet within the sprawling network bankrolled by communist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham – casting recent congressional subpoenas as leading a "McCarthy-style" witch hunt against the left.As Fox News Digital first reported Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee sent subpoenas to three nonprofits, including media outlet BreakThrough News, as part of a wider investigation into alleged malign foreign influence by China in U.S.politics.
The three groups have received about $39 million from Singham, who left the U.S.several years ago to live in China.The other two groups are the People’s Forum Inc., a New York-based activist and political-education hub, and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a think tank that says its work is anchored in "national liberation Marxism."The committee said it is examining whether nonprofit laws adequately protect against foreign influence and whether Congress needs to strengthen them.
It also accused the three groups of failing to produce "a single responsive document" following earlier requests for information.Livestream influencer Hasan Piker, left, and Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham.Piker joined far-left figures denouncing congressional subpoenas issued in an investigation into more than $39 million linked to Singham.
(Sportsfile; Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)HOUSE PANEL SUBPOENAS 3 LEFT-WING GROUPS IN PROBE OF $39M TIED TO MARXIST TYCOON NEVILLE SINGHAMPiker, CodePink rally behind subpoenaed outletHours after Fox News Digital reported the subpoenas, pro-communist influencers and organizations mounted a social media defense of BreakThrough News, echoing similar-phrased attacks on the congressional investigation.Among them were Piker, a prominent Twitch streamer and political commentator, and Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, a pro-communist, pro-China nonprofit that has received Singham m...