Lawmakers say the money trail is the real story
Members of Congress are sounding the alarm over what they describe as a growing web of nonprofits linked to Shanghai-based Marxist donor Neville Roy Singham. Fox News Digital reports that Singham has poured $278 million into this network since 2017, and lawmakers say that kind of cash does not just sit around and collect dust. Sen. Marsha Blackburn said groups tied to the effort appear to act as “CCP influencers,” pushing Chinese Communist Party talking points while helping stir protests and unrest in American cities. In plain English, critics say this is not charity, it is influence operations wearing a nonprofit costume, and Washington is finally starting to notice the mask.
CodePink and The People’s Forum draw sharp scrutiny
Two of the most visible groups in the network are CodePink and The People’s Forum. According to the Fox News Digital investigation, The People’s Forum received $22.5 million, while CodePink got $1.33 million from Singham. Sen. Josh Hawley called CodePink “AstroTurf weirdos bought and paid for by Communist China,” adding that the group takes “blood money from China.” CodePink, for its part, filed an ethics complaint against Hawley after his remarks. Supporters of the investigation argue the larger issue is not the name on the check, but the message being spread. If a group consistently echoes the talking points of hostile foreign regimes, voters have every right to ask who is really pulling the strings.
FARA questions keep coming back
Lawmakers also say the network raises major questions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, better known as FARA. That law requires people and groups working on behalf of foreign governments to disclose their activities and finances to the Justice Department. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart said it is hard to understand why some of these organizations are not registered if they are acting in a way that helps foreign interests. He noted that even former lawmakers and Capitol Hill staffers can be required to register under FARA if they lobby for foreign-backed entities. That is why critics see a double standard when activist groups get a free pass while ordinary Americans are told to follow every rule in the book.
Officials track a wider anti-American network
Fox News Digital also reported that Justice, State, and Treasury officials are looking into financial activity tied to the network. Singham sold his consulting company Thoughtworks in 2017 for an estimated $785 million and later moved to Shanghai. A 2023 New York Times exposé connected him to the CCP and described his push to spread radical anti-West ideas in the U.S. and overseas. The Fox report says the network has backed organizing against ICE, protests against Israel, and activism aimed at U.S. domestic and foreign policy. Rep. Carlos Gimenez raised the obvious question: whether Singham is truly a self-made billionaire or whether the money itself is part of a broader funnel from Communist China. Either way, Americans are right to be skeptical when a foreign-friendly network keeps showing up wherever chaos is the goal.
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