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House foreign affairs panel schedules hearing on covert overseas influence networks

A congressional subcommittee will examine activist groups and foreign influence, according to Fox News.

The short version

  • The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia scheduled an open hearing to examine foreign influence operations involving nonprofits and activist groups.[Fox News]
  • The inquiry builds on a House Ways and Means Committee probe that subpoenaed three nonprofits financed by Neville Roy Singham.[Fox News]
  • Federal prosecutors in New York and the Justice Department are separately conducting a grand jury investigation into alleged financial crimes tied to Singham's network.[Fox News]
  • Singham and the funded groups deny taking direction from the Chinese government and face no criminal charges.[Fox News]

Key facts

  • The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia scheduled an open hearing titled 'Trojan Horses: Covert Foreign Malign Influence Operations in America'.[Fox News]
  • The House Ways and Means Committee issued subpoenas to three nonprofits associated with Neville Roy Singham's funding network.[Fox News]
  • The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York opened a grand jury investigation regarding alleged financial crimes tied to Singham and related nonprofits.[Fox News]

What remains uncertain

  • Neither Singham nor the involved nonprofits have been formally charged with any crime, and all deny acting under Chinese government direction.[Fox News]

Sources

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