From Fox News: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith is demanding records from The People’s Forum, a tax-exempt nonprofit he says has operated as a de facto foreign agent for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while using U.S. taxpayer benefits to fund protests and spread propaganda.
In a letter sent September 4 to Executive Director Manolo De Los Santos, Smith accused The People’s Forum of directly inciting violence and unrest across the United States.
“Using U.S. taxpayer-subsidized tax-exempt status to promote foreign propaganda on behalf of a nation hostile to U.S. interests, while simultaneously justifying terrorism, is unacceptable and potentially in violation of U.S. law,” Smith told Fox News Digital in a statement. “The American people deserve transparency, and this Committee will hold The People’s Forum accountable for its ties to the CCP and its role in spreading violence and chaos in our communities.”
Within hours of Hamas’ October 7 massacre in Israel, Smith claims the group publicly justified the terrorist attacks, declaring that the perpetrators “have the right to resist” — a statement condemned by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as “abhorrent and morally repugnant.”
Now Smith is demanding that by September, The People’s Forum hand over multiple documents, including donor lists, contracts and communications with former U.S. tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, who now resides in Shanghai and is closely aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.
“Public reporting suggests that The People’s Forum has received over $20 million from Mr. Singham and his wife, Jodie Evans, the co-founder of CODEPINK, between 2017 and 2022 through shell companies and donor-advised funds,” Smith wrote in the letter.
In a post on X Thursday afternoon, Smith posted a copy of his letter and wrote:
Congress has not forgotten about the illegal harassment and violence against brave ICE immigration enforcement officers in Los Angeles that took place this summer.
That’s why I am DEMANDING records from The People’s Forum, a Chinese Communist Party-linked organization, to reexamine their tax-exempt status. If they fail to comply, I’m prepared to subpoena, work with the IRS, and the Department of Justice to get to the bottom of this.
The American people deserve to know who funded these protests and hostility against law enforcement. NO organization should be using U.S. taxpayer-subsidized tax-exempt status to promote foreign propaganda on behalf of a nation hostile to U.S. interests, while simultaneously justifying terrorism.
READ MY LETTER BELOW👇👇👇
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— Rep. Jason Smith (@RepJasonSmith) September 4, 2025
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