House Panel Tells Three Singham-Linked Nonprofits to Hand Over Records or Face Questioning Under Oath
Ways and Means Republicans name 21 people, including Neville Roy Singham, for possible depositions unless the groups comply by Tuesday. The nonprofits call the probe an attack on their First Amendment rights.
The House Ways and Means Committee has given three nonprofits tied to tech millionaire Neville Roy Singham until Tuesday to comply with subpoenas. If they do not, their leaders could be called before Congress to answer questions under oath.
Fox News Digital reports that the Republican-led committee sent new letters to The People's Forum in New York City, BreakThrough News, which shares a Manhattan address with it, and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research in Massachusetts. Singham is one of 21 people the committee identified for possible depositions, according to Fox's sources. The list includes nonprofit executives, activists and journalists. The committee has not publicly said any deposition subpoenas have been issued.
"Either these organizations turn over the documents, or their leaders will answer the Committee's questions under oath," Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., said in a statement. He called Singham "Shanghai Singham" and said he has poured millions into the groups to promote Chinese Communist Party propaganda.
What the committee says. It alleges that Singham moved money through shell companies and donor-advised funds before it reached the three tax-exempt groups, which can hide the original source. Fox says its own earlier review traced at least $278 million from Singham into six core U.S. nonprofits, including $22.44 million to The People's Forum, $16.76 million to Tricontinental and $1.098 million to the parent of BreakThrough News, about $40.3 million combined. The committee says it is also asking whether tax law needs tightening against foreign influence in the nonprofit sector.
The timeline. The committee first asked The People's Forum for records in September 2025, widened the probe in February 2026, narrowed its demands in May and issued subpoenas in July. Fox also reports that Singham is under a federal grand jury investigation in the Southern District of New York over possible wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering. No charges against him have been announced.
The other side. Attorneys for BreakThrough News and The People's Forum objected in August, writing that "a witch-hunt is not a valid legislative purpose" and that the subpoenas violate the First Amendment. BreakThrough News said in an Oct. 9 statement that it takes no outside editorial direction and that its major donations come from U.S. organizations. Two of its journalists named by the committee, Zoe Alexandra and Rania Khalek, said on air that they believe lawmakers are targeting them individually. The committee says its inquiry concerns finances and structure, not political views or journalism. Fox said it asked all three groups and their lawyers for comment and had not heard back at the time of publication.
Note: this story ran Sunday morning, so it is more than 24 hours old. The funding totals and the "shell company" claim come from the committee and Fox's own investigation. We have not checked them independently.