The Department of Homeland Security and an expanding interagency team are digging into a web of nonprofits tied to Shanghai-based tech funder Neville Roy Singham, alleging the groups pushed coordinated anti-government agitation and pro-communist messaging inside the United States.
Officials from multiple Trump administration agencies have been coordinating a wide probe into how money, messaging and online tools were used to organize and amplify protests aimed at undermining public trust. The inquiry now includes the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of War working alongside Treasury, State, Justice and intelligence elements to map the full network. This is part criminal-finance probe and part national security response to foreign malign influence operating through U.S. nonprofits.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he is working directly with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and intelligence leaders to expose those trying to stir unrest. He pointed to organized online channels and secure messaging apps as key enablers for rapid-response protests and coordination. That kind of tech-enabled playbook makes the threat harder to trace and more dangerous to our communities.
“We know there’s a coordinated effort trying to stir up discontent online, through online processes,” Mullin explained. He described sustained conversations across agencies to break the command-and-control behind the scenes and to shut down the funding that props up agitator groups. From a Republican view, this is about defending American institutions from hostile influence masquerading as activism.
Investigators say Singham poured hundreds of millions into a cluster of nonprofits, and federal scrutiny has found that money flowed into groups that echoed pro-Communist Party lines and pushed anti-ICE and anti-law-enforcement narratives. The network reportedly funneled tens of millions into major operations, including funding a Manhattan nonprofit that became a base for some organizing. Those financial ties are central to the probe because money is how influence is bought and operations are sustained.
Homeland Security agents have repeatedly encountered organizers backed by this funding web at protests and community meetings, and they traced volunteer and rapid-response networks tied to several self-described Marxist outfits. Groups tied to the network also promoted encrypted Signal chats and coordinated actions that clashed physically with federal agents during enforcement operations. That mix of online coordination and street-level agitation has real safety consequences for officers and civilians alike.
Mullin linked these influence campaigns to a historical pattern of communist tactics meant to erode faith in government and social order. “You go all the way back to Stalin, who basically was appropriating this, so he’s going to destroy America from within,” Mullin told Fox News Digital. The charge is stark: adversaries aim to create distrust between citizens and law enforcement, weaken families and attack religious values to reshape American society.
The administration’s approach is twofold: investigate illicit funding and expose malign messaging so the public can see who is behind it. Mullin said public awareness is a key weapon against propaganda and that agencies will keep sharing what they find. Republicans argue that transparency about foreign-backed messaging helps voters make informed choices and protects the country from gradual subversion.
Recent operations, including “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis, highlighted how domestic enforcement and community tensions intersect when agitators mobilize quickly after high-profile incidents. Federal agents reported facing organized crowds, and tragic clashes during enforcement actions sparked rapid responses from groups within the network. Those reactions underscore the danger of outside funding that accelerates chaos rather than letting local systems work through the process.
Mullin did not soften the stakes. “The American public, it’s an 80% issue. They want a secure border,” Mullin told Fox News Digital. “They want the criminals off our streets. It unfortunately is 20% of the radical Democrats that are buying into this radical agenda that’s being sped by our adversaries.” That message frames the fight as one between mainstream voters who want security and a radical minority enabling foreign influence.
“It doesn’t keep our men and women out here on the streets from doing their job,” Mullin explained. “Thankfully, these guys, they signed up not for the glory or the fame, they signed up because they want to get criminals off our streets, regardless of what is happening online, regardless of the far-left Democrats want to criticize these individuals for simply enforcing the laws that Congress passed.” The defense of law enforcement, coupled with rooting out foreign-backed networks, is the administration’s stated priority going forward.
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