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Hasan Piker Says 'They're After Your Boy' As Cuba Trip Investigated

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By Brendan Cole, Senior Reporter. Published May 25, 2026 at 12:47 PM EDT.

Left-wing political influencer Hasan Piker has addressed a report that he is subject to a U.S. federal investigation into whether he violated U.S. laws and sanctions by visiting Cuba.

Piker was served a subpoena for his trip to the Caribbean island in March along with Susan Medea Benjamin, co-founder of activist group CodePink, according to Fox News Digital citing documents it had received from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Addressing his viewers, Piker said during a livestream on Sunday, "the news is not great, OK? I mean, it's bullsh*t, but still not great that they're after your boy."

During his livestream, Piker said, "everything we did was cleared by Treasury."

The outlet said that the subpoenas—called 'Requests for Information,' or RFI—call for financial, logistical and communications information about the trip to Cuba in March that Piker and Benjamin had touted with delegations of the 'Nuestra América Convoy.'

Fox News Digital reported that it is believed delegation members stayed at a hotel the U.S. State Department has put on a 'Cuba Restricted List,' that Washington links to Cuba's government, which is designated a state sponsor of terrorism.