Ways and Means Chair says nonprofit probe yields results with Treasury help
Chair Jason Smith says the two-year House investigation into tax-exempt nonprofits used by foreign actors and terrorist groups is finally bearing fruit, aided by Treasury Department cooperation.
Chair Jason Smith told a televised interview that the House Ways and Means Committee’s more-than-two-year inquiry into nonprofit tax-exempt abuse is finally delivering results, thanks in part to cooperation from the Treasury Department. The investigation targets charities tied to foreign terrorist organizations, the network surrounding Neville Roy Singham - dubbed “Shanghai Singham” - and groups that have funded anti-ICE protests.
The committee has referred the Alliance for Global Justice and Islamic Relief USA to the IRS for possible revocation of tax-exempt status, and highlighted a Minnesota “Feeding Our Future” fraud case that may have funneled pandemic aid to al-Shabaab. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has opened a parallel review, extending existing counter-terrorism tools to nonprofit oversight. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have also begun subpoenaing bank records linked to Singham’s network. Smith emphasized that the abuse of charitable structures to channel foreign money into U.S. politics and protests should alarm every American.
