WASHINGTON, October 23 (ANI) — Nonprofits linked to businessperson Neville Roy Singham have rejected a U.S. congressional demand to turn over financial records amid allegations of links to China.
The People’s Forum Inc., a New York City-based activist organization, and BreakThrough News, a nonprofit media outlet, responded in letters to the House Ways and Means Committee, which threatened to depose their leaders and Singham personally.
“Threatening compulsory depositions of journalists and newsroom staff to compel document production operates as coercive retaliation by explicitly targeting the core editorial leadership and journalistic staff of BreakThrough News. Allowing a congressional committee to haul journalists into deposition rooms to grill them on domestic and foreign policy reporting sets a dangerous precedent of state-sponsored press intimidation that chills independent journalism nationwide and infringes on core First Amendment protections,” BreakThrough News said in a statement on its website.
According to Fox News, Singham is among 21 individuals identified by the House Ways and Means Committee for potential questioning under oath as lawmakers investigate alleged foreign influence involving his nonprofit funding network.
The Republican-led committee, chaired by Rep. Jason Smith, is investigating whether millions of dollars flowing through Singham’s network of tax-exempt nonprofits are being used to advance Chinese Communist Party interests in the United States.
A recent Fox News investigation also linked BreakThrough News to France’s student protest movement, alleging that demonstrations over school conditions were being used to advance broader political and ideological agendas.
According to Fox News Digital, the network extends beyond France to countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Greece, Brazil and India. Organizations within the network have allegedly mobilized supporters, called strikes and amplified demonstrations through international media outlets.
In India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has also questioned whether organizations linked to Singham have connections to Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and his calls for protests against the Election Commission.
On Thursday, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey questioned Gandhi’s overseas engagements and alleged that the Congress leader had met individuals who, according to Dubey, were working against India’s interests.
“I said in Parliament that under the guise of the Soros Foundation, he meets Ilhan Omar and Ro Khanna,” Dubey said, referring to the U.S. lawmakers.
“My question to Congress is: Regarding Neville Roy Singham, the cartels involved in online gambling, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency—with which individuals from these circles has Rahul Gandhi met over the past five years? Which of these individuals have participated in his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ or other such journeys? Moreover, whenever he travels abroad, with which of these elements does he meet, and what kind of plans do they devise to destabilize the country?” he added.
Amid the U.S. congressional investigation and allegations concerning links to protests in France, organizations associated with Singham are facing increased scrutiny. (ANI)
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