The scrutiny of foreign influence networks by the United States Congress continues to expand. Following the fundraising committee of the House of Representatives launching an investigation into the funding of non-profit organizations related to the pro-China American tycoon Neville Roy Singham, the Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is now widening its focus to encompass a broader scope of “Foreign Malign Influence Operations”.
According to Fox News, the Subcommittee on South Asia and Central Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold a public hearing on September 15th (next Tuesday) at 2 p.m., with the theme “Trojan Horses: Covert Foreign Malign Influence Operations in America”.
The hearing is expected to examine the influence of China, Cuba, Iran, and pro-Palestinian groups, marking a shift in congressional scrutiny from tax and finance issues to national security concerns.
The hearing will be chaired by Subcommittee Chairman Bill Huizenga from Michigan, Republican, and is expected to invite three witnesses:
– Matthew Johnson, a senior researcher at the Jamestown Foundation, will focus on the political and technological strategies of the Chinese Communist Party, including its control over the financial system, private economy, and the connection between ideology and technology strategy.
– Mike Gonzalez, a senior researcher at the Heritage Foundation, will speak about Cuba’s influence network within the United States, highlighting how foreign forces are exploiting the openness of American society to infiltrate and influence areas such as education, higher education, government institutions, lobbying firms, and museums.
– Sam Lyman, the research director at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, will expose actions taken by the Singham network regarding artificial intelligence (AI) and data center construction in the United States. He pointed out that socialist and Liberation Party have played a significant mobilizing role in 21 anti-data center actions across 14 states, resulting in approximately $23.6 billion in proposed investments being delayed, cut, or blocked. Lyman stressed that social media has become an “enhancer of mind viruses”, making overseas influence more easily spread.
Born in the United States, Neville Roy Singham sold his IT consulting company for about $785 million in 2017 and moved to Shanghai, where he shares office space with the pro-China propaganda company “Mark Culture Communication”. One of the missions of the company is to “tell the Chinese story”. U.S. lawmakers believe that the far-left entities funded by Singham are inciting division across the United States. The House Oversight Committee has linked Singham to the organizers behind the unrest in Minnesota.
The House fundraising committee is currently tracking the taxation and financial issues related to the Singham network and has issued subpoenas to three non-profit organizations associated with Singham, such as “The People’s Forum”, the online media and news organization “BreakThrough News” (often abbreviated as BT News), and the “Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research”, to investigate any possible connections with the Chinese Communist Party. These organizations have denied the allegations and described the congressional inquiry as “political persecution”.
A previous investigation by Fox News revealed that from 2017 to 2025, the Singham network completed 223 transactions across five continents through 67 core organizations, with a total amount of $591 million. Singham himself directly invested approximately $285 million to support various pro-China and pro-communist non-profit organizations, including the three organizations later subpoenaed by the House fundraising committee.
This hearing will be overseen by Congressman Brian Mast, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, further highlighting Congress’s concern over foreign influence issues.