Marxist streamer Hasan Piker says scrutiny over Cuba trip is about China-based ‘target’ Roy Singham

Far-left online influencer Hasan Piker responded to reports that the Treasury Department was sending him a subpoena related to his March trip in support of the Communist Cuban regime, with the streamer suggesting that the real “target” was the China-based Marxist multimillionaire Neville Roy Singham and his "Singham Network."

Piker has repeatedly denied actually being served a federal subpoena in recent days, despite news reports claiming he had been, and he suggested that the Trump Administration’s alleged focus was actually “probably Singham and his operation.” Singham is a wealthy pro-CCP activist whose financial network played a key role in the so-called Nuestra America Convoy to Cuba in March.

It was reported by Fox News over the weekend that the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control had served subpoenas to the Marxist influencer and to CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin. The probe relates to a federal investigation into whether Singham Network-linked groups and other pro-Communist organizations had violated U.S. laws and sanctions during their trip to Cuba in March in support of the regime.

Just The News had reported back in March that the now-infamous scenes of far-left activists descending upon Cuba to provide alleged humanitarian aid that month were preceded by high-level meetings between leaders within the Singham Network and the strongman head of Communist Cuba in the weeks prior, as Cuba’s allies sought to prop up the regime.

Piker responded to the subpoena news on Sunday with a Twitch stream titled, “FEDS ARE AFTER ME.”

“I’m not going to lie to you guys, it’s not great. The news, it’s not great, okay? I mean it’s bullshit, but still not great that, you know, they’re after your boy,” Piker said, adding, “Free me. Free me. Free me. I can’t believe I’m saying that, but I’m, you know, I’m about to be seemingly made an example of.”

Piker denies being served with subpoena

Piker and Benjamin both denied in social media over the weekend that any such subpoenas had actually been served on them yet. The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Piker called the alleged subpoena an “intimidation operation” and claimed his actions in Cuba were “not illegal” but were actually “very legal.”

The streamer said he found out about the alleged subpoena from a voicemail from a Fox News producer, but that “I haven’t gotten anything yet, so I don’t know, I don’t fucking know anything [...] Guys, I have not had anything happen to me yet. Like technically nothing has happened to me, it’s just Fox News saying things are happening to me [...] I don’t know anything because I have not received a subpoena.”

Piker also spoke about Evans — Singham’s wife — saying, “She’s one of the founders of Code Pink. She’s wonderful.”

The Marxist streamer held another episode on Twitch on Monday again titled, “FEDS ARE AFTER ME” and “BLUEMAGA/NAZIS LOVE IT.”

“I have not been served it,” Piker said of the alleged subpoena against him, adding that he was not sure if the subpoena is real.

“I think that the target is — I think that ultimately the target is probably Singham and his operation, from PSL to ANSWER Coalition to Code Pink, like anything that he has ever financed,” Piker said.

“And it’s not new, it’s been around for a while, but it’s held through regardless because like it’s ridiculous, right? It’s totally fucking ridiculous to try and, you know, to try and stop the political advocacy of an American citizen, right?” Piker said of Singham’s actions. “Roy Singham is an American citizen, he lives in China now, and he’s a centimillionaire, I think he has like almost a billion dollars, not sure how much money he has now, but like he’s been a funding vehicle for a lot of like political — a lot of political movements in the country, like a lot of activism.”

Piker continued: “The American government hates that shit, so they are trying to jam him up, you know, they are trying to hit him on anything and everything they possibly can. That’s it, that’s the goal here, that’s the broader goal.”

Piker repeated on Tuesday that “I’ve yet to receive a subpoena.” The influencer also sought to downplay any claims that he had given away any secrets about Singham, saying that he had simply read a “Wikipedia readout summary” about the Singham Network and that “I went through readily available information about Roy Singham.”

Code Pink denies receiving federal subpoena too — but defends Cuba actions

Code Pink’s Benjamin also responded to the news of an alleged federal subpoena, saying Sunday that “I am guilty. Guilty of loving the Cuban people. Guilty of believing Cuban children deserve medicine instead of sanctions. Guilty of believing that trying to save lives should not be treated like a crime.”

“It looks like the Trump Administration is investigating me, Hasan Piker, and others for a trip that Code Pink and other groups organized in March to bring medicines and medical supplies to Cuba’s pediatric hospitals,” the Code Pink co-founder claimed on X. “I want my government to leave the Cuban people alone!”

Benjamin also said in a Code Pink statement on Sunday that “contrary to rumors, I have not received any subpoena from the U.S. government” but that “perhaps one is on the way.”

“But let me be clear: we did nothing wrong during our March 2026 trip to Cuba. On the contrary, we acted as moral U.S. citizens trying to bring some relief to a population being deliberately starved by the cruel policies of our own government,” Benjamin said.

Ryan Grim, a reporter at the leftwing Drop Site News, tweeted Tuesday that “Medea Benjamin tells me Code Pink now has gotten an email from OFAC requesting information about the trip. Not a subpoena but does confirm some sort of probe.”

Piker’s pro-jihadist and pro-Communist commentary

Piker has a long history of pro-jihadist and pro-Communist commentary, including saying in 2019 that "America deserved 9/11.” Piker has also infamously praised the terrorist group Hamas as he has attacked Israel, claiming in an X post in January that “as a lesser evil voter i will once against repeat my harm reductionist credo! hamas is a thousand times better than the fascist settler colonial apartheid state” of Israel.

“I stand by that,” Piker said of his support for Hamas during a Pod Save America podcast episode in April. Podcast host Jon Favreau asked him, "When you say Hamas is a thousand times better, do you actually mean that?" Piker replied that "I do mean it" and that “I would vote for Hamas over Israel every single time.”

Code Pink's Medea Benjamin told one X user that she had gotten an email from OFAC requesting information about the trip. "Not a subpoena, but does confirm some sort of probe.”

Singham associates rally behind Raul Castro

Last week, key leaders and groups within the CCP-linked Singham Network quickly began to mobilize to defend Fidel Castro’s brother Raul in the wake of the Justice Department’s indictment against the Cuban Communist leader.

The DOJ’s indictment of former Cuban strongman Raul Modesto Castro Ruz last Wednesday — just the latest example of the Trump Administration’s efforts to launch a maximum pressure campaign against the Communist island regime — saw swift pushback from key members of the financial and activist network led by Singham.

The DOJ revealed that Raul Castro, the brother of former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, has been charged in connection with a 1996 attack on two airplanes in which four U.S. nationals, including three U.S. citizens, were killed.

The unsealed indictment against Raul — the second revolutionary leader of Communist Cuba following the stepping down of his brother Fidel — charged him and other co-defendants in connection with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, the destruction of aircraft, and four counts of murder for the Cuban MiG fighter jet shooting down of humanitarian supply-and-rescue planes flown by Brothers to the Rescue over international waters near Cuba three decades ago.

Singham Network played key role in Communist Cuba trip

In the lead-up to March’s pro-Communist revolutionary events in Cuba, the leaders of the People’s Forum, Tricontinental, the PSL, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, and the International Peoples’ Assembly all traveled to Havana for a warm “solidarity” meeting with Miguel Diaz-Canel, the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.

The so-called “humanitarian” trips to Cuba in March were in large part organized by groups within the activist network tied to and funded by Singham, as well as by the far-left Progressive International (which counts the leftist anti-war group Code Pink, which is personally and financially tied to Singham, as one of its member organizations).

The Venceremos Brigade (VB) was also part of the Nuestra America convoy in March. The VB is a far-left activist group sympathetic to the Communist revolution in Cuba and which U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies as well as Cuban defectors have identified as being co-opted by Cuban intelligence services.

Progressive International — linked to Singham Network — took lead in Cuba convoy

Piker said he didn’t attend the Cuba convoy in March with Code Pink, but rather with Progressive International, which played a key organizing role in the convoy. Code Pink is one of the 11 North American member organizations within Progressive International.

Piker said on Instagram in March that “im going to cuba” as he shared a graphic which declared that “I’m joining the Nuestra America Convoy.”

“Seeing the cuban embargo’s impact first hand has only made my commitment to the cubans more steadfast! we are destroying the tremendous potential of cuba for no reason at all!” Piker posted on Instagram while in Cuba. “i’ll be releasing a mini doc about the daily struggles and the systemic impact of the oil blockade and the complex bureaucratic sanctions regime that has held back cuba since its people got sovereignty in their revolution.”

The streamer also shared a video in collaboration with Al-Jazeera Plus about his trip.

James Schneider, the communications director for Progressive International, said on the socialist Workers Lit podcast in mid-March that “the Nuestra America ‘Convoy for Cuba’ brings together people of conscience from around the world to bring humanitarian aid to Cuba by air, land, and sea.”

The “Nuestra America — Convoy to Cuba” website contended that “we are mobilizing to Cuba, bringing critical humanitarian aid for its people” and that “the Trump administration is strangling the island, cutting off fuel, flights, and critical supplies for survival.”

Progressive International’s advisory council also includes a top member of the Communist Cuban government. Mariela Castro Espin is a Deputy of the National Assembly of People's Power and is also the director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education in Havana. She is the daughter of former Cuban Communist leader Raul Castro and and the niece of former Cuban Communist dictator Fidel Castro. Jeremy Corbyn, a far-left member of Parliament in the United Kingdom and a former leader of the Labour Party, is also on the advisory council.

Progressive International in March tweeted “it’s simply wrong what is happening” as they shared a video where Corbyn and the activist rap group Kneecap “explain why they have travelled to Cuba as part of the Nuestra América Convoy.”

Schneider of Progressive International had said in mid-March that “the People’s Forum in New York and Code Pink in the U.S.” were the two main American groups organizing March’s Cuba convoy movement alongside Progressive International.

Code Pink played key role in Cuban efforts

Progressive International in March tweeted out a quote from Benjamin, who said that "we're so disgusted with our government's policy of deliberately causing misery for the Cuban people."

The antiwar group was sharing a link to an article from Le Monde, which had quoted Benjamin and reported that her group “is one of the organizers of the international convoy and chartered two planes to make the short crossing from Miami to Havana on Friday.”

Code Pink said in its March press release that “140 people from across the United States will depart Miami for Havana as part of the international Nuestra America Convoy, delivering humanitarian aid to Cuba and protesting U.S. policies that are deliberately creating an economic crisis on the island.” Code Pink added that the delegation was “organized … in collaboration with Progressive International, Cuban Americans for Cuba, and other partners, includes doctors, lawyers, union leaders, professors, social media influencers, and community organizers from across the country.”

The antiwar group had tweeted in March that “we're on our way to Cuba! Our CODEPINK delegation to the Nuestra America convoy is carrying thousands of pounds of urgently needed humanitarian aid. We stand with Cuba!”

Benjamin said in a Code Pink livestream that day that “we’re going to support the Cuban people and we are in 150% opposition to what Donald Trump and Marco Rubio and the cruel congresspeople from southern Florida are doing.”

“We're in Havana!” the Singham Network group said on X later that day. “We have landed with our solidarity & humanitarian aid to break the U.S. blockade that is trying to suffocate the Cuban people into submission.” Code Pink excitedly posted a picture in March of “CODEPINK co-founder Jodie Evans with Hasan Piker in Havana, Cuba!” Evans was smiling widely while Piker gave the peace sign. Evans is married to Singham.

The group run by Evans touts itself as antiwar and has become increasingly pro-China in recent years. Just the News previously reported on how Evans personally recruits Americans to join Code Pink on “Red China” trips focused on lauding Chinese Communist revolutionary history.

Singham Network affirmed “solidarity with the Revolution” in meeting with Cuban leader

The Cuban government’s official website in early March wrote that “the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, received members of the delegation of the International Peoples' Assembly, who have been developing a program on the Island since last Sunday motivated by cooperation and solidarity.”

“We know what it means to visit Cuba in these times,” Diaz-Canel reportedly told the Singham Network delegation members “who have been carrying out a program on the Island since last Sunday motivated by cooperation and solidarity.”

“From the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, the Head of State affirmed to the visiting friends … that they, and the largest of the Antilles, are inspired by the common goal of the anti-capitalist and anti-colonial struggle,” the Cuban government said.

The Cuban government wrote that “the purpose of the above, the dignitary said, is to confront with coordinated actions the ideological, cultural and media war of the United States government, which is an expression of its hegemonic ambition.”

Diaz-Canel shared a message on X in early March touting the meeting with far-left Singham Network leaders. “I held a fraternal meeting with the delegation from the International Assembly of the Peoples, who are carrying out a visit to our country, to reaffirm their permanent support and solidarity with the Revolution, at this moment when the threats of Yankee imperialism are intensifying,” the Cuban leader said, in a tweet translated by Google and by X.

Diaz-Canel specifically described “Brian Becker and Manolo De Los Santos, from the Party for Socialism and Liberation of the United States” as among the “friends of our people” who “reaffirmed their solidarity.”

“The accompaniment of spaces such as the International Assembly of the Peoples demonstrates the broad support that the Revolution possesses, and that we are never and will never be alone in the struggle for the defense of our sovereignty in the face of the constant imperial pretensions,” the leader of the Communist-run island added.

The International Peoples’ Assembly quickly reshared the X message from the Communist leader.

“Cuba is not alone!” the Singham Network group declared. “Movement leaders from across the world, part of the International Peoples' Assembly delegation, met with President Miguel Díaz‑Canel to reaffirm unwavering solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and its people, who are facing the ongoing illegal US blockade.”

“Today, we met with President Miguel Diaz-Canel not to make statements, but to stand shoulder to shoulder,” De Los Santos said on X. “Trump’s extreme fuel blockade is a brutal act of economic warfare and we refuse to be silent bystanders. We are comrades with the Cuban people in the fight to dismantle it.”

The People’s Dispatch — also part of the Singham Network — reported that ANSWER leader and PSL founder Brian Becker was also at the meeting. The Cancilleria de Cuba — Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs — also shared photos from the meeting, including of De Los Santos, Becker, and others.

“International Assembly of the Peoples' Delegation, made up of representatives from various countries, visits Cuba and holds exchanges with diverse sectors to learn about the country's reality and reaffirm international solidarity,” the Cuban government account said on X.

One day after De Los Santos met with Cuba’s president, the People’s Forum tweeted that “this month, we’re going to Cuba with 40 young organizers!”

“Our delegation of young people will meet, exchange, and stand together with Cuban youth — building bonds of solidarity at a moment when the Cuban people face the full force and brutality of the U.S. blockade,” the Marxist forum said on X. “This brigade is part of a broader wave of solidarity — one that has moved over 3k people to donate more than $500,000 to send solar generators & panels to Cuban hospitals.”

The People’s Forum added: “Along with other delegations of people from around the world part of the Nuestra America Convoy, we will deliver humanitarian aid to the Cuban people and reaffirm that a blockade will never sever the ties between peoples who share a common struggle for dignity and justice.”

Singham Network hasn’t faced consequences or charges

Republicans in Congress have spent years pushing the Justice Department and IRS to scrutinize and investigate the CCP-linked Singham 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 foreign agent prosecutions.

Just the News has previously reported on how these and radical activist groups have leadership links or financial ties to the funding network backed by 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 has wanted the DOJ to look into possible Foreign Agents Registration Act (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 this year to subpoena Singham himself for information about this sprawling activist network.

The House Ways and Means Committee is also scrutinizing elements of the Singham Network, with some of these Singham-linked groups themselves being defended by a leftwing law firm which is tied into the network.