Source: Fox News
Summary
Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, confirmed that her organization received an inquiry from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regarding its March trip to Cuba. The inquiry seeks detailed information about the trip, including financial and logistical details. This comes as the Trump administration increases scrutiny of nonprofit organizations operating in foreign policy and activist spaces. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent emphasized that nonprofits will be held accountable for supporting unlawful activity and political violence. CodePink and its co-founder Jodie Evans received the inquiry via email, which included roughly a dozen detailed questions about the trip.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
Medea Benjamin and CodePink are no strangers to controversy, and this inquiry is just another chapter in their long history of activism. The Treasury Department’s questions about the trip to Cuba are detailed and numerous, including information about the participants, their activities, and the humanitarian supplies they brought. The inquiry has sparked a familiar debate about the role of nonprofits in foreign policy and the limits of their activities. The fact that the inquiry was delivered via email and landed in the spam box only adds to the sense of routine. The real question is, what’s next?
Author: Evan Null
