‘McCarthy trials’: Hasan Piker, far-left figures erupt over subpoenas in $39M Singham probe

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Prominent far-left figures, including livestream influencer Hasan Piker , are rallying around a pro-China media outlet within the sprawling network bankrolled by communist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham – casting recent congressional subpoenas as leading a "McCarthy-style" witch hunt against the left. As Fox News Digital first reported Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee sent subpoenas to three nonprofits , including media outlet BreakThrough News, as part of a wider investigation into alleged malign foreign influence by China in U.S. politics. The three groups have received about $39 million from Singham, who left the U.S. several years ago to live in China. The other two groups are the People’s Forum Inc., a New York-based activist and political-education hub, and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, a think tank that says its work is anchored in "national liberation Marxism." The committee said it is examining whether nonprofit laws adequately protect against foreign influence and whether Congress needs to strengthen them. It also accused the three groups of failing to produce "a single responsive document" following earlier requests for information. HOUSE PANEL SUBPOENAS 3 LEFT-WING GROUPS IN PROBE OF $39M TIED TO MARXIST TYCOON NEVILLE SINGHAM Piker, CodePink rally behind subpoenaed outlet Hours after Fox News Digital reported the subpoenas , pro-communist influencers and organizations mounted a social media defense of BreakThrough News, echoing similar-phrased attacks on the congressional investigation. Among them were Piker, a prominent Twitch streamer and political commentator, and Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, a pro-communist, pro-China nonprofit that has received Singham money. Piker called the subpoenas "the McCarthy trials," invoking the anti-communist Congressional investigations of the 1950s, led by Sen. Joe McCarthy. "They will come for you," Piker warned on X. Responding to BreakThrough News host Rania Khalek appeal fo…