Republicans in Congress have spent years pushing the Justice Department and IRS to scrutinize and investigate a Chinese Communist Party-linked activist network in the U.S., but so far these groups organizing far-left protests nationwide appear to retain their tax-exempt status and have avoided any prosecutions under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA).

That law was enacted in 1938 after extensive foreign propaganda activities occurred in the U.S. during the run-up to World War II, most notably, a 20,000-person pro-Nazi rally held in Madison Square Garden. FARA has since been amended 10 times, with the most significant overhaul occurring in 1966.

The Marxist revolutionary group known as the People’s Forum, the leftist "Act Now to Stop War and End Racism" (ANSWER) Coalition, the far-left anti-war group Code Pink, the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), and others have been put under the microscope by GOP leaders in the House and Senate over their alleged financial and personnel ties to China.

These groups did not respond to a request for comment.

Connecting the dots from activists to Singham to the CCP

Just the News has previously reported on how these and other radical activist groups have leadership links or financial ties to the funding network backed by wealthy Marxist businessman Neville Roy Singham, who himself is linked to the CCP and whom some in his network call "Comrade” — and who has also been scrutinized by Republican congressional investigators.

Congressional Republicans have long called for investigations into the Singham network, its links to the CCP, its leadership in nationwide leftwing protests, and its role in anti-Israel encampments, vandalism, and violence on campus. The GOP — especially then-Senator Marco Rubio — has for years asked the DOJ to look into possible (FARA) violations and has called upon the Treasury Department and IRS to consider revoking the tax-exempt status for Singham’s network of non-profits.

The GOP-led House Oversight Committee also voted last month to subpoena Singham for information about this sprawling activist network. The Justice Department and Treasury Department did not respond to requests for comment about their investigations — if any — into Singham and his CCP-linked network, 

Singham, who lives and works in Shanghai, runs a network of pro-CCP news sites and other China-linked endeavors. Singham, who sold his ThoughtWorks tech company in 2017, has used the money to fund openly communist endeavors.

Singham married Jodie Evans, the co-founder of the radical left-wing group Code Pink, in 2017. Her group touts itself as antiwar and has become increasingly pro-China in recent years. Just the News reported on how Evans personally recruits Americans to join Code Pink on “Red China” trips focused on lauding Chinese Communist revolutionary history.

Singham did not respond to a request for comment sent to him through his wife.

The People’s Forum responded to GOP calls for investigations with derision back in 2024. “The political assault against the People’s Forum is part of a larger effort by Republicans and other right-wing forces in Congress to criminalize and demonize Palestinian, Muslim-American, and anti-war organizations,” the communist outfit tweeted at the time.

The IRS told Just the News only that “federal disclosure law, specifically IRC Section 6103, prohibits the release or discussion of tax information by IRS employees.”

Attempting to unravel the “Singham-CCP Network”

Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has been among the congressional leaders spending years focused on the Singham network — and urging action by the executive branch.

Smith’s committee held a hearing in February on "Foreign Influence in American Non-Profits: Unmasking Threats from Beijing and Beyond” where the Singham network featured prominently. The chairman stressed that “the Committee has worked tirelessly to unravel the Singham-CCP network.”

“Today’s hearing continues our investigations into the money trails behind tax-exempt organizations failing to operate within their stated tax-exempt purpose and sowing chaos, fueling antisemitism, and interfering in elections across America,” Smith said in his opening statement. “Many of these tax-exempt groups also have documented ties to hostile foreign governments, like the Chinese Communist Party.”

“The People’s Forum, an American tax-exempt group who I demanded documents from in September, hosts events and courses pushing Communist Party propaganda, incites violent protests and riots, including disruptive occupations of college campuses, and publicly supported Hamas’ October 7th terrorist attack against Israel,” Smith said as he singled out a key NYC-based node of the Singham network.

Smith added: “And it’s no wonder that the People’s Forum echoes Communist Party propaganda. One of their largest donors is a wealthy former U.S. tech executive living in Shanghai who is cozy with the Chinese Communist Party. Neville Roy Singham and his wife, a co-founder of CodePink, donated over $20 million to People’s Forum through shell companies and donor-advised funds to hide the original source of the money.”

Singham's network has been influential in nationwide anti-Trump protests

Just the News reported on how the Singham network, prominently including the People’s Forum, helped lead protests last year against the deportation of Columbia University encampment protest leader Mahmoud Khalil last year, and further reported on how an anti-Israel documentary film — The Encampments — featuring Khalil was produced by the Singham network’s BreakThrough Media.

Just the News also reported on how anti-ICE protests last year were organized by PSL, the People’s Forum, and others in the Singham network. The Singham network — led by the People’s Forum in particular, as well as ANSWER, Code Pink, and PSL — also played a key role in leading renewed anti-ICE protests earlier this year as well, including attempts to organize a nationwide shutdown.

The People’s Forum, Code Pink, ANSWER, and PSL were also key organizers of nationwide protests opposing the U.S. military arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, with Chinese state-run media promoting these CCP-linked protests, Just the News reported.

Just the News also reported on how Chinese state-run propaganda outlets are currently promoting U.S. protests against the Trump Administration’s strikes against the Iranian regime, with the protests featured by the CCP-run outlets having been organized by the Singham network.

Republicans in Congress have been pushing for executive branch action for years 

Then-senator and now Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent an August 2023 letter to then-Attorney General Merrick Garland to “express my concern over certain far-left organizations that are reportedly tied to the Chinese Communist Party and operating with impunity in the United States[...] Combatting Beijing’s malign influence must be a key objective for the U.S. Department of Justice."

"Unfortunately, it appears the DOJ is either unaware or ambivalent to this growing threat,” Rubio wrote. “It appears that organizations tied to Neville Roy Singham, a U.S. citizen, have been receiving direction from the CCP. Mr. Singham is the founder of Thoughtworks, a Chicago-based software consultancy, and for many years, promoted far-left causes. Mr. Singham reportedly created a dark money system that allows him to send funds to a number of far-left organizations.”

Rubio asked Garland to “immediately investigate … all related organizations linked to Mr. Singham” over “potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.”

Smith and two dozen House Ways and Means Committee members sent a letter to then-IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel in April 2024 about their “growing concern surrounding the influence of America’s foreign adversaries, including the Chinese Communist Party, on U.S.-based tax-exempt organizations.”

Smith’s letter added: “Mr. Singham is actively fueling CCP propaganda and financing indoctrination efforts abroad by providing hundreds of millions of dollars to groups that mix progressive advocacy with CCP talking points. Despite this foreign activity and engagement with CCP-tied organizations across the world, Mr. Singham’s American-based nonprofit organizations continue to do business as usual, supporting political activity and pro-CCP propaganda.”

“Make no mistake: we must not allow the CCP to succeed in winning the information war it is actively waging against our country. The United States can and should protect legitimate political discourse, but we must not tolerate attempts by our primary adversary to exploit our open system to promote its malign agenda,” the GOP senators wrote. “Accordingly, we request a briefing on what steps the U.S. Department of Justice and other agencies are taking to counter the CCP’s disinformation campaign in the United States. In your briefing, we request that you address any investigative efforts into … all related organizations linked to Mr. Singham, for potential violations of FARA.”

The calls for action continued during the second Trump Administration.

Preventing adversarial foreign governments from influencing U.S. public policy, opinion, elections

Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., sent a March 2025 letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi about Code Pink, saying “I am concerned that Code Pink’s actions extend far beyond anti-war protests, and that the group is actively engaging in propaganda efforts to support the Chinese Communist Party’s foreign policy aims, including by undermining U.S.-Israel relations and fueling antisemitism on college campuses,” Banks told Bondi. “I write to urge you to investigate Code Pink for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, due to the growing evidence of Code Pink’s connections to the CCP.”

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent his own letter to Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel in April 2025, insisting that the Justice Department “has a duty to ensure compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act remains a priority tool to combat adversarial foreign governments from influencing public policy and opinion in the United States.”

“The evidence suggests that The People’s Forum and Code Pink have been funded and influenced by Mr. Singham and the communist Chinese government, both of which are foreign principals,” Grassley said. “The evidence also suggests that The People’s Forum and Code Pink have engaged in covered political activities that directly advance the communist Chinese government’s political and policy interests.”

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., along with twenty of his committee members, sent their own letter to Bondi in June 2025 as part of their efforts “investigating Chinese Communist Party efforts to sow discord in the United States, including most recently through ongoing riots and violence in Los Angeles.”

The Comer-led committee asked that the DOJ “address any investigative efforts into … all related organizations linked to Mr. Singham for potential violations of FARA or incitements of violence.”

Comer and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., the chairwoman of the Taskforce on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in September 2025 to ask that the Treasury Department “immediately undertake a formal evaluation to determine the applicability of federal sanctions laws and any other civil remedies or criminal penalties enforced by Treasury — to include the freezing or seizure of assets — with respect to certain far-left entities, organized and funded by Neville Roy Singham.” Comer and Luna argued that “it is imperative that we expeditiously halt the continued flow of funds and material support for malign activities conducted at the behest of the CCP.”

Questioning the activists' tax-exempt status

Smith also penned a letter to IRS leadership in October 2025 as he called upon the IRS to “prioritize examinations into the tax-exempt status of tax-exempt organizations previously referred to the IRS for revocation during the 118th Congress” — including his calls to scrutinize the Singham network.

The Ways and Means Committee chairman stressed that his previous letter “highlighted The People Forum’s connections to Neville Roy Singham, a former United States technology mogul who now resides in Shanghai and is closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.”

“The People’s Forum has been responsible for an endless amount of chaos and disruption around the country, some of which have led to violence,” Smith wrote, adding that “These organizations have failed to operate for their tax-exempt purpose. Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right, and in exchange, organizations must operate for stated exempt purposes.”

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., also fired off his own letter to Bondi in November 2025 — with his letter also focused in part on Jodie Evans and Code Pink.

GOP tries to go right to the source with demands to Singham and his allies

The House Ways and Means Committee demanded documents from two more Singham network groups in February of this year.

Jason Smith, R-Mo., and the chairman of the committee said the two entities — BreakThrough News and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research — promote propaganda in the U.S. aligned with the CCP.

“While a tax-exempt organization may lawfully receive large donations from a private citizen, the Committee is concerned that receiving donations from an individual who lives in Shanghai, maintains business ties with companies and individuals linked to the CCP, works with and physically alongside a foreign propaganda company, and attends CCP forums on how to promote the party abroad raises serious questions” whether these groups would qualify under the act, Smith wrote. Republicans in Congress have also pushed for answers directly from Singham and the core leaders of his activist network.

Comer and the Republican-led House Oversight Committee reached out to Singham directly in June 2025, telling him that the oversight panel “is investigating your reported funding of various extremist entities in the United States” and “is concerned that you may be engaging in such activities on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party — and that your activity may violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act.”

“To this end, we request that you provide documents and information demonstrating your funding and control over certain far-left entities, including the Party for Socialism and Liberation,” Comer and the other members wrote. The GOP committee added that “your connection to the PSL is concerning not only because of its role in the ongoing riots, but also because of the PSL’s China ties and other recent activities.”

Smith demanded “a comprehensive list of all organizations that The People’s Forum fiscally sponsors by providing fiduciary oversight, financial management, or other administrative services to.” The chairman also asked for “all documents and communications between any member of The People’s Forum and Neville Roy Singham” and “all documents and communications between any member of The People’s Forum and foreign principals” dating back to 2017.

House subpoenaed Singham after lengthy stonewalling

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., posted on Instagram earlier this year that “I have formally made a motion to subpoena Neville Singham, an American billionaire with ties to the CCP.”

In her comments during a House Oversight Committee session in January, Luna said that Singham “has been funding extremist organizations fueling division and civil unrest in this country and especially regarding the ICE riots last summer.”

The Florida Republican made her case to the House committee in January about why Singham should be compelled to testify.

As of this time, no information has been available about whether Singham, or his affiliates in the network, have been served with the congressional subpoena, or have produced documents demanded of them by Congress, although Luna added that Singham has been avoiding receipt of the House’s request for information for months and that Singham ignored their letter from last year.

Rep. David Min, D-Calif., briefly raised concerns in January about the process by which Luna’s motion was being brought, but Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., intervened and recommended that the Democrats vote "yes" too.

The effort to subpoena Singham was overwhelmingly successful in a voice vote by the House Oversight Committee.

The committee did not respond to a request for comment from Just the News about whether the service of the subpoena to Singham was successful.