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Federal investigators have served subpoenas to left-wing influencer Hasan Piker and CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin as part of a probe into their aid convoy trips to Cuba earlier this year, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

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Piker, 34, and Benjamin, 73, are among the more than 40 Americans under scrutiny by the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is investigating whether\u00a0the March flotilla to Havana\u00a0violated US sanctions law by financing, coordinating, or delivering<\/span> goods to Cuba, Fox News reported. <\/p>\n

The so-called \u201cNuestra America Convoy\u201d\u00a0brought about 20 tons of humanitarian\u00a0aid to the struggling Caribbean island. Piker, a controversial streamer and democratic socialist, sang praises of the communist regime following the trip. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The subpoenas require Piker and Benjamin to produce financial, logistical, and communications information related to their trip to Cuba, according to Fox.<\/p>\n

Under America\u2019s Cuban Asset Control Regulations law, US citizens are prohibited from unlicensed travel-related transactions and exporting goods or services to Cuba.<\/p>\n

The law, however, presents limited exceptions for humanitarian projects, journalism, educational programs and certain activities meant to support the people of Cuba. \u00a0<\/p>\n

CodePink, an anti-war feminist group, helped organize the convoy to Cuba as a means to provide humanitarian aid to the country following the Trump administration\u2019s move to blockade the island last year. <\/p>\n

The group said its members have yet to be served subpoenas, claiming it followed all the rules during the humanitarian trip to Havana. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe did nothing wrong during our March 2026 trip to Cuba,\u201d the group said in a statement. \u201cOn the contrary, we acted as moral US citizens trying to bring some relief to a population being deliberately starved by the cruel policies of our own government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benjamin has also come under fire over her alleged ties to Hamas and Iran. She has made at least seven trips to Gaza between 2009 and 2012 where she met with Hamas officials, including the group\u2019s then-leader Ismail Haniyeh, publicly posted photos show. <\/p>\n

The activist slammed the Treasury\u2019s subpoena as an attack on her group\u2019s humanitarian work.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Trump administration is investigating people for bringing medicine to Cuban children while defending policies that deprive those same children of food, fuel, and basic medical supplies,\u201d she wrote on X. \u201cIf loving the Cuban people is a crime, then millions around the world are guilty too.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Treasury\u2019s investigation marks a serious escalation from the Trump administration against far-left activists who defend Cuba and other communist regimes, often slamming the US for its actions against foreign countries. <\/p>\n

The investigations also comes as the Trump administration and Republican allies have ramped up threats against Cuba, designated a state sponsor of terrorism, warning that the US may take military action in Havana. <\/p>\n

Tensions quickly escalated last week after the US Justice Department issued an indictment against former Cuban President Ra\u00fal\u00a0Castro. <\/p>\n

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