Secretary of State Marco Rubio just put the world on notice: far-left political terrorism is real, coordinated across borders, and some of it is backed by hostile foreign regimes.
And one American Marxist billionaire could be in the crosshairs.
At a State Department summit Thursday, Rubio urged more than 60 countries to treat far-left global terrorism as a counterterrorism priority — the same week Fox News Digital confirmed that Neville Roy Singham, a 72-year-old tech mogul who sold his company for $785 million and now lives in Shanghai, is facing a federal grand jury probe in Manhattan.
“For far too long, however, our counterterrorism doctrine has had a blind spot – a blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left. Even today, the very idea that far-left terrorism could be a serious threat is treated as a right-wing fever dream, or worse, as a dangerous fascist conspiracy.”
Singham has funneled $278 million into a network of nonprofits since 2017, according to Fox News Digital’s investigation. Those groups regularly organize anti-ICE, anti-Israel, and pro-Iran demonstrations across the United States.
They also promote Chinese Communist Party talking points.
Code Pink — co-founded by Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans — openly admits “China is Not Our Enemy” and regularly disrupts Capitol Hill, confronting lawmakers in the halls of Congress.
Rubio didn’t name Singham in his remarks, but the timing couldn’t be clearer. The secretary of state warned that international networks are coordinating violent unrest across multiple countries, using encrypted communication and training manuals — and that some are working directly with hostile foreign governments.
“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil. But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism. Perhaps its means were misplaced or overzealous, but its ends were virtuous and just. That’s the implication of how they treat it.”
The Department of Justice launched the grand jury investigation into Singham last month. U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York — one of the most powerful federal prosecution districts in the country — is leading the probe, which Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on fraud, money laundering, and financial crimes in the nonprofit sector.
Manhattan prosecutors have already issued subpoenas.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent personally met with Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon earlier this year to warn him the firm could face scrutiny over its alleged role in moving Singham-linked funds, according to sources familiar with the meeting. Bessent encouraged Solomon to fully cooperate with the Justice Department investigation.
A source with knowledge of the conversation told Fox News Digital the exchange was cordial and that Solomon indicated Goldman Sachs would assist investigators.
Congress is also closing in. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., launched an investigation into the Singham nonprofit network last year. Senator Jim Banks, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital the threat is real and escalating.
“Chinese-funded, anti-American billionaires like Neville Roy Singham are instigating far-left chaos across our country. This needs to stop, and Secretary Rubio is rightly taking action to confront this transnational scourge head-on.”
A Treasury spokesperson confirmed that all distributions from Singham’s donor-advised fund went to IRS-recognized legal nonprofits, that no distributions have been made since August 2023, and that the account was closed in early 2024.
Singham has not responded to repeated requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
The charges remain allegations. The case has not been proven in court.
