A little-known billionaire with alleged Chinese Communist Party ties is now accused of bankrolling riots on American streets, and Congress is finally closing in.
Story Snapshot
- House Republicans are probing Neville Roy Singham, a U.S.-born billionaire in Shanghai, over allegations he funds far-left groups driving anti-ICE and anti-Israel unrest.
- Investigators say his NGO network may align with a CCP “strategy of sowing discord” inside the United States.
- Key groups under scrutiny include the Party for Socialism and Liberation, ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK, and The People’s Forum.
- Lawmakers are weighing subpoenas, FARA actions, sanctions, and loss of tax-exempt status for connected nonprofits.
Congress Zeroes In on Singham’s Alleged CCP-Linked Funding Network
House Oversight Republicans have launched an aggressive investigation into Neville Roy Singham, a U.S.-born tech billionaire now based in Shanghai, over allegations that his funding network supports radical protest groups behind violent anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles and other cities. Lawmakers say Singham’s donations help sustain far-left, openly socialist and often pro-CCP organizations that organize disruptive anti-ICE, anti-Israel, and anti-U.S. foreign policy protests, turning ideological activism into sustained street agitation that strains local law enforcement and public order.
Republican investigators describe Singham as a central financial hub connecting groups such as the Party for Socialism and Liberation, ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK, The People’s Forum, and an array of “anti-imperialist” NGOs. They argue that this web of nonprofits and activist outfits allows a single donor’s money to flow into campus encampments, anti-ICE rallies, and anti-Israel marches nationwide. For conservatives who watched cities burn during past unrest, the picture being drawn is not spontaneous protest but a professionalized protest industry with foreign-friendly backing.
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From Los Angeles Riots to Washington Hearings
Anti-ICE demonstrations in Los Angeles, promoted by groups tied to PSL and its allies, escalated into riots and violent clashes near federal facilities, forcing authorities to deploy significant resources to restore order. Those images of foreign and communist flags flying alongside anti-ICE slogans raised an immediate question for many Americans: who is paying for this? That question has now migrated from talk radio and conservative media directly into formal congressional letters, document demands, and planning for potential public hearings.
House Oversight members report that a June 2024 document request to Singham about his funding of PSL and related entities went unanswered, prompting talk of compulsory process to get to the bottom of his network’s activities. Ways and Means Republicans have joined the push by probing The People’s Forum, a New York “movement incubator” critics call a pro-CCP hub, and demanding donor and fiscal sponsor lists. Senators have pressed the DOJ, FBI, and Treasury on whether these organizations should be treated as unregistered foreign agents and whether Singham-linked entities meet thresholds for sanctions or asset reviews.
Foreign Influence, FARA, and the Fight Over America’s Streets
Investigators frame the case around a broader concern: that a foreign-adversary-aligned billionaire may be using tax-advantaged NGOs and media outlets to advance a Beijing-friendly “strategy of sowing discord” on American soil. For constitution-minded conservatives, the risk is twofold. First, radical groups seek to delegitimize immigration enforcement, undercutting border security and ICE’s core mission. Second, foreign-linked funding may be exploiting America’s openness—our charities, campuses, and streets—to weaken confidence in U.S. institutions while shielding organizers behind nonprofit status.
Republicans are turning to tools like the Foreign Agents Registration Act, tax-exemption rules, and sanctions law to reassert basic guardrails against covert foreign influence. If nonprofits operate as de facto propaganda or organizing arms for a hostile power, lawmakers argue, they should either fully disclose that role or lose their privileged status. At the same time, some progressive activists reject the foreign-influence narrative, insisting their protests reflect organic solidarity on immigration and Palestine, underscoring the political fight over how Americans interpret disruptive demonstrations.
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