In Washington, a congressional inquiry is drawing back the curtain on what lawmakers describe as a quiet architecture of foreign influence — one that may operate not through spies or soldiers, but through nonprofits, activists, and social media feeds. The hearing, titled 'Trojan Horses,' examines whether adversarial nations like China, Iran, and Cuba have learned to speak in American voices, funding domestic organizations to fracture public trust from within. At the center of the investigation is a reported $591 million financial network traced across five continents, raising enduring question