CodePink Confirms OFAC Probe Over Cuba Trip Carrying $600,000 in Aid

7 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 29

Medea Benjamin said CodePink received a Treasury OFAC inquiry seeking detailed records on its March Cuba trip, confirming for the first time that the request had reached the group by email.
About 12 questions ask how the convoy traveled, where participants stayed and what they did, Benjamin said, with the scope potentially covering roughly 170 people and the aid shipment.
Benjamin called the inquiry serious but also an intimidation tactic that will force CodePink to hire a lawyer and devote staff time, while vowing the group will keep organizing Cuba travel and humanitarian missions.
The probe lands as the Trump administration intensifies scrutiny of nonprofits over sanctions compliance and support for unlawful activity, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week pressing groups to police grant recipients more closely.

Is the U.S. probe into CodePink really about exposing a Chinese influence network in America?

Will this crackdown create a chilling effect on humanitarian work by U.S. nonprofits in sanctioned nations?

Should activist groups with funds linked to foreign nationals be required to register as foreign agents?