FIRST ON FOX: Powerful House Ways and Means chair throws hammer down on 'foreign-aligned influence network'
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith is investigating three U.S.-based nonprofits allegedly tied to Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham for potential foreign influence. The groups, including the People's Forum, are accused of promoting pro-communist and anti-American messaging through coordinated May Day protests. Smith has requested internal financial documents to examine the funding structure of what he calls a foreign-aligned influence network.
- ▪Chairman Jason Smith sent letters to three nonprofits demanding internal financial documents over concerns of foreign influence.
- ▪Neville Roy Singham, a U.S.-born tech billionaire living in Shanghai, has reportedly funneled $278 million into a network of nonprofits since 2017.
- ▪The People's Forum and affiliated groups organized May Day protests with messaging critical of capitalism and supportive of socialism.
- ▪BreakThrough BT Media Inc. and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research are among the groups accused of publishing pro-China propaganda.
- ▪The protests on May Day involved around 3,000 events across the U.S., coordinated by a network of approximately 600 groups.
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Politics FIRST ON FOX: Powerful House Ways and Means chair throws hammer down on 'foreign-aligned influence network' Chairman Jason Smith demands internal financial documents from three nonprofits allegedly tied to Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham By Asra Q. Nomani , Preston Mizell Fox News Published May 4, 2026 5:26pm EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video Organizing director of People's Forum, funded by pro-China tycoon Neville Roy Singham, directs May Day streets protests in NYC David Chung, organizing director at the People's Forum, unloads signs from a black minivan and directs May Day protesters through the streets. Pro-China Marxist tech mogul Neville Roy Singham has funneled $22.44 million to the People's Forum.
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