WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a federal administrative subpoena to Hasan Piker as part of an investigation into potential U.S. sanctions violations related to support for Cuba’s communist regime. The subpoena seeks financial, logistical, and communications information about trips to Cuba, including a March visit Piker took with other far-left influencers sponsored by the organization CodePink.

CodePink co-founder Susan Medea Benjamin also received a subpoena in the same investigation. The Treasury Department is examining whether U.S. individuals or organizations violated sanctions by engaging with or supporting Cuba’s government.

Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., publicly supported the subpoenas and criticized the trip. “Hasan Piker and Code Pink went to Cuba, stayed in five star hotels, cozied up with thugs in the communist regime, and completely IGNORED the innocent political prisoners being starved and tortured,” Scott said.

Piker stated during a livestream that the investigation appears to target financier Neville Roy Singham and his network of organizations, including the ANSWER Coalition, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and CodePink. He described the probe as focused on Singham’s alleged funding of left-wing groups.

Representative Delia C. Ramirez, D-Ill., defended Piker and condemned the Treasury action. She posted on X that the subpoena constitutes “‘Red Scare’ tactics.” Ramirez added, “The Trump administration is branding dissenters as ‘domestic terrorists’, ‘communists’, ‘Marxists’ in order to justify the targeting, persecution, and violation of their rights.” She further stated, “But this isn’t the 1950’s and we won’t fall for ‘Red Scare’ tactics.”

The National Jewish Advocacy Center separately called on the Justice Department to investigate Piker for possible violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The Treasury Department is seeking information through Requests for Information (RFIs) about financial, logistical, and communications details related to Cuba trips. Multiple Republican lawmakers, including Scott, have emphasized concerns about foreign funding of U.S.-based political activism.