Florida Republican Rep. Randy Fine and two GOP colleagues are demanding the Trump administration investigate Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal after the radical left propagandist traveled to Iran to attend the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an event organized and orchestrated by the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Fine sent the letter on Friday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Attorney General Todd Blanche. It was co-signed by Reps. Keith Self (R-TX) and Randy Weber (R-TX), according to investigative reporter Laura Loomer.
The request expands an earlier July 17 letter from Fine and other House Republicans asking Rubio and Blanche to examine whether Calla Walsh, Jackson Hinkle, and Christopher Helali provided material support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization by participating in the same IRGC-tied funeral spectacle.
The event, according to Fine, was “organized and orchestrated by Iranian authorities, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps,” which the United States has designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Fine wrote:
“I am writing today requesting that you add to your investigation an additional American, Max Blumenthal, for also participating in Ali Khamenei’s funeral in Iran.”
The Florida Republican described Blumenthal as “a radical leftist who hides under the veil of ‘journalism’ to relay propaganda and misinformation that benefits America’s enemies.”
Fine’s letter accused Blumenthal of denying or minimizing atrocities committed during the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack and of repeatedly making excuses for the Islamic Republic’s brutal oppression of the Iranian people.
The congressman also noted that this was not Blumenthal’s first trip to Iran.
According to the letter, Blumenthal traveled to the Islamic Republic in 2025, shortly before Operation Midnight Hammer, to produce what Fine described as a state-sponsored propaganda piece portraying Iran’s tiny remaining Jewish community as “safe.”
Fine continued:
“Blumenthal is no ordinary supporter of the world’s leading sponsor of state terrorism. He is also the son of Sidney Blumenthal, the former White House aide to President Bill Clinton and a confidante of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.”
Fine argued that federal law enforcement and counterintelligence officials should be deeply concerned that the son of a longtime Democrat operative may have been “cultivated as an agent of influence” by America’s adversaries.
The Republican lawmakers are also demanding answers about who finances Blumenthal’s activities and The Grayzone.
“The question of who finances Blumenthal’s activities and those of his Grayzone Project also remains,” the letter states. “This subject seems particularly relevant in light of the Trump administration’s worthwhile efforts to expose the nexus between hostile foreign states and subversive leftist activism on the American homeland.”
Upon returning from Iran in July, Blumenthal was questioned by Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport. Agents confiscated two of his phones after he declined to provide their passcodes.
Blumenthal subsequently claimed he was being targeted for his journalism and political views. His attorneys filed an emergency motion demanding the return of the devices, which the government later returned.
Fine, however, accused Blumenthal of attempting to turn the national-security screening into a media spectacle.
“Blumenthal has since attempted to make a media spectacle out of his devices being confiscated despite traveling to a sanctioned country where he willingly attended the funeral of a global funder of Islamic terrorism.”
The congressman concluded with a devastating assessment:
“Blumenthal’s lengthy track record of supporting enemy propaganda, and his recent participation in Ali Khamenei’s funeral, shows that he sympathizes with America’s enemies and is a threat to United States national security.”
“I urge you to use your offices to promptly investigate Max Blumenthal to ensure the American public is safe from this traitor.”
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
GOP Members of Congress call for State Department and DOJ to investigate Radical Left Islamic Terror Sympathizer Max Blumenthal Following His Return From Iran
GOP Congressman @RepFine has written a letter to Secretary of State @SecRubio and US Attorney General… pic.twitter.com/QrSvRL1JJK
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) August 29, 2026
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Blumenthal joined Walsh, Hinkle, and Helali at Khamenei’s state funeral. The four have documented histories of supporting communist politics, appearing alongside Iranian or Russian state media, or promoting organizations hostile to American foreign policy.
Fine’s letter comes just two days after the State Department announced sanctions against violent far-left terrorist organizations and their leaders.
The sanctions were imposed under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists, terrorist organizations, their leaders, and individuals who provide material support for terrorism.
The State Department said the action was part of a broader effort to confront “the threat of transnational far-left terrorism.”
The radical left has spent years providing political cover for some of America’s most vicious enemies.
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