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Federal Subpoena Targets Piker, Benjamin Over Cuba Aid Trip

5/26/2026

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Federal investigators subpoenaed Hasan Piker and Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin over their March Cuba trip for possible sanctions violations.
Piker said the subpoena made him feel targeted and voiced frustration on a livestream.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, reviewing more than three dozen people linked to the trip, called the convoy humanitarian aid responding to President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Havana amid Cuba’s energy crisis.

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Federal investigators subpoenaed Hasan Piker and Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin over their March Cuba trip for possible sanctions violations.
Piker said the subpoena made him feel targeted and voiced frustration on a livestream.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, reviewing more than three dozen people linked to the trip, called the convoy humanitarian aid responding to President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Havana amid Cuba’s energy crisis.