By Sarah Roderick-Fitch
The Center Square

As the country continues to be gripped by political division, a House committee is investigating possible Chinese ties to “civil unrest.”

An investigation being conducted by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is targeting the “financial and political activities” of billionaire Neville Roy Singham, which the committee claims has ties to the Chinese Communist Party and “extremist organizations fueling division and civil unrest” in the country.

The investigation is being spearheaded by Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., and Rep. Paulina Luna, R-Fla. The committee sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asking the department to “conduct a comprehensive evaluation” to decide if the government should impose federal sanctions, civil remedies, or criminal penalties, including freezing assets or seizures on “far-left entities organized and funded” by Singham.

“The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to sow discord in the United States, and is conducting oversight over the U.S. Government’s ability and efforts under existing law to combat such efforts,” the lawmakers wrote.

The committee claims Singham may have had influence by way of “his affiliates” during the June immigration riots in Los Angeles. The committee has already requested information regarding “Singham’s funding and ties to the Party for Socialism and Liberation,” which, according to the committee, was linked to the riots. However, Singham has ignored those requests.

“These reports suggest that Mr. Singham may have acted as an agent for the CCP. Under General Secretary Xi, the CCP is known for its ‘Strategy of Sowing Discord,’ which ‘refers to efforts to make internal disputes amongst the enemy so deep that they become distracted from conflict.’ If Mr. Singham is carrying out this strategy on behalf of the CCP, he may have an unfulfilled FARA registration obligation. FARA’s purpose is ‘to protect the national defense, internal security, and foreign relations of the United States by requiring public disclosure by persons engaging in propaganda activities for or on behalf of foreign governments, foreign political parties, and other foreign principals,’” according to the lawmakers.

“We therefore request that the Treasury immediately undertake a formal evaluation to determine the applicability of any relevant sanctions and any other civil remedies or criminal penalties for Mr. Singham’s assets, and the assets of entities he controls or funds, including whether to freeze or seize such assets,” the lawmakers added.

On Monday, The Center Square asked President Donald Trump if he would designate the organization a domestic terror organization following a spate of political violence.

“I would do that 100% and others also, by the way, but Antifa, is terrible,” the president responded to The Center Square.

However, the president didn’t stop with Antifa; he said that he’d consider designating other groups, but wouldn’t indicate others by name. He said he’s talked with Attorney General Pam Bondi about bringing federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges against some of these organizations and their donors.

“There are other groups, yeah, there are other groups. We have some pretty radical groups, and they got away with murder. And also, I’ve been speaking to the attorney general about bringing RICO against some of the people that you’ve been reading about that have been putting up millions and millions of dollars for agitation,” Trump said. “These aren’t protests. These are crimes. What they’re doing, where they’re throwing bricks at cars of the of ICE and border patrol.”