Overview
- The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued subpoenas or requests for information to Hasan Piker and CodePink’s Susan Medea Benjamin about trips they took to Cuba in March.
- Investigators are seeking bank records, travel and logistics documents and communications to determine whether travelers financed, coordinated or delivered goods to Cuban government entities in violation of U.S. sanctions.
- Reporting says the FBI has sought related records as part of the inquiry, but no criminal charges have been made public and the matter remains under active review.
- The March delegations traveled under the Nuestra América Convoy banner, held public events including a concert where Cuban president Miguel Díaz‑Canel spoke, and visited while parts of Cuba were experiencing extended power outages.
- Coverage of the subpoenas has been driven by conservative outlets and the probe raises broader questions about how humanitarian or solidarity trips interact with U.S. sanctions enforcement and what scrutiny future delegations may face.