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Investigations

The books argue; this page documents. Below is the casework — 15 reports under his own byline, the larger investigations run by the Middle East Forum’s research and legal teams while he led the organization, and the two chambers where he answered for the findings under oath. Every entry links to the primary record.

Under his byline

Long-form investigative reports researched and written by Roman, published by the Middle East Forum.

Led at the Forum

Investigations by the Middle East Forum’s research and legal teams, conducted under Roman’s leadership. His part in these was directing the organization — and standing behind the findings when the committees called.

The $122 million USAID investigation

The Forum’s research team traced U.S. foreign-aid grants to their recipients and documented over $122 million in USAID funding that reached charities tied to designated terrorist organizations — including photo evidence of USAID officials receiving awards from Hamas-linked groups in Gaza.

Roman presented the findings as a witness at the House DOGE Subcommittee’s “America Last” foreign-aid hearing on February 26, 2025, and urged the committee to pursue criminal referrals. The testimony ran through the national press for weeks and into the committee’s official record.

Covered by (16)

The DHS “Countering Violent Extremism” FOIA suit

The Forum asked the Department of Homeland Security a simple question under the Freedom of Information Act: who was getting Countering Violent Extremism grant money, and had any of it reached Islamist groups? DHS produced nothing — by the Forum’s account, it never even ran a search.

The Forum’s legal team took DHS to federal court in 2017 to force the records out. Roman, then director, put it plainly to reporters: “Why would you fund extremists to help counter violent extremism?”

Covered by (2)

The FEMA security-grants report

A Forum report examined FEMA’s nonprofit security grant program and which organizations were receiving the money — research that reached into the Trump administration’s own review of the program.

CNN ran an adversarial exclusive on the report’s influence in October 2025; Roman answered for the work on the record: “The report speaks for itself… It is deeply sourced.” The pushback and the rebuttal are both part of the count.

Covered by (1)

In the hearing room

Where the casework was answered for — before the U.S. House Oversight Committee’s DOGE Subcommittee and the Knesset.

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