Cuba Trip Lands Activists in Crosshairs
Hasan Piker and Medea Benjamin are now dealing with federal subpoenas after their March trip to Cuba drew the attention of U.S. officials. The trip was tied to a group called the Nuestra América Convoy, also known as the Our America Convoy, which brought supplies to the island and openly highlighted its political message along the way.
Federal officials have served subpoenas to Marxist political influencer Hasan Piker and CodePink cofounder Susan Medea Benjamin as part of a wider investigation into whether U.S. organizations and leaders violated U.S. laws and sanctions in supporting Cuba’s communist regime, Fox News Digital has learned.
Piker and Benjamin are among those caught in a federal inquiry into whether activists who traveled to Cuba in March violated U.S. sanctions laws through the financing, coordination or delivery of goods to Cuba, including potential contacts with Cuban government personnel or entities on the island. The administrative subpoenas were sent to the pair by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
That is a serious step. An administrative subpoena can pull in financial records, travel details, logistics, and communications. In plain English, investigators want to know who paid for what, who arranged the trip, and who the travelers may have dealt with on the ground.
The broader concern for federal agencies is not just the Cuba trip itself. Officials at Treasury, State, and Justice are said to be looking at foreign influence efforts, sanction-busting, and support networks that may cross legal lines. If supplies were delivered in a way that ran afoul of U.S. sanctions, that could become a bigger problem fast.
Piker responded on X with this post:
"the american govt would rather try to criminalize delivering aid to a country we’ve starved, than punish the epstein class. https://t.co/h19HPsOc9m"
— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) May 24, 2026
Benjamin also pushed back, writing:
"Taking medical supplies to pediatric hospitals in Cuba is now a crime? Saving the lives of babies is a crime? This administration is beyond grotesque. https://t.co/xsvQGEYzb8"
— Medea Benjamin (@medeabenjamin) May 24, 2026
For now, the message from Washington looks simple. The trip is under review. The paperwork is out. And both activists may need a lot more than a social media post to shake this one off.