HE'S GOING TO PRISON | Tim Pool

Influencer Hassan and approximately 38 others were subpoenaed for a trip to Cuba, a country formally designated as an adversary by the U.S. The host alleges the trip, framed as humanitarian aid by Hassan and groups like Code Pink, was primarily for "content farming" and propaganda to promote anti-U.S. sentiment, potentially violating lesser laws given ongoing U.S. sanctions and actions against Cuba.

Hassan has been subpoenenaed as well as media Benjamin 38 or so other individuals and it is looking like they could get locked up over this. I don't believe humanitarian aid is the purpose... Sounds more like they're trying to provide them not humanitarian aid, but first and foremost, I would just say content farming... I think the real reason is uh PR, propaganda, to go there and show the Cuban people to put out a message saying they don't like the US.

The host draws a parallel between Hassan's situation and Nick Shirley, who reportedly stayed at a sanctioned Cuban hotel, violating OFAC rules. Pool argues Shirley is unlikely to face severe repercussions because his media content is "ideologically beneficial to the Trump administration," demonstrating a selective application of the law based on political alignment.

Nick Shirley screwing up unintentionally going to a sanctioned hotel. Probably a fine. probably a warning or slap on the wrist... He was there in support of the US view of things. Nick Shirley produces media that is ideologically beneficial to the Trump administration. So, they're not going to stop him from doing it. That was always the how it worked. always forever, literally forever.

The subpoenas are linked to an investigation into Roy Singham, an American citizen living in China, who allegedly funded $278 million into a network of nonprofits promoting pro-China messaging and causes aligned with the Chinese Communist Party. This suggests a deeper investigation into the financial backing of anti-American and pro-communist movements.

The real reason for these subpoenas, Hassan names pro-CCCP tycoon Singham as financier of political movements despite nonprofit veneer. Singham funded $278 million starting in 2017... into a network of six nonprofits that in turn have financially supported dozens of organizations globally and operationally participated in a transnational network of about 2,000 organizations, most of them promoting pro-China messaging and causes aligned with the Chinese Communist Party.

Pool recounts his own experience with the DOJ accusing him, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin of inadvertently receiving Russian government funds through a third-party company for apolitical content. He frames this as a "weaponization of the US government" and evidence of an ongoing "cultural civil war" where political opponents face fabricated charges or selective legal scrutiny.

Merrick Garland under uh Joe Biden falsely maligned myself, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin, they lied... The claim from Merrick Garland is that Russian elements were surreptitiously funding an American company who then bought licenses from American content creators for the purpose of disseminating Russian propaganda. That is the weaponization of the US government... I'm under no illusions, my friends, that we are in anything but a a cultural civil war.