George Soros

Prominent Democratic donor George Soros responded to Republican attacks on him over Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's (D) investigation that led to ...

Yet, now he is stretching the law to target a political opponent,” DeSantis “I have done it transparently, and I have no intention of stopping. [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [Blog Briefing Room](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) [House](https://thehill.com/homenews/house/) [See All](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/) He said greater investment needs to happen to prevent crime through methods like deploying mental health professionals in “crisis situations,” investing in youth job programs and creating opportunities for inmates to get an education while in prison. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who leads a right-wing party, criticized Soros over donations he has made to support democracy in his native country, Hungary, and included some antisemitic tropes. His response came as several members of the GOP have denounced Bragg as being backed and funded by Soros.

Billionaire George Soros responded to conspiratorial claims about his relationship with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Despite Soros and Bragg having never directly interacted, the jerry-built connection has been trotted out as evidence of malicious intent by Bragg. The rights sees the name “Soros” as a euphemism for globalist political manipulation, and one need not have interacted with Soros to be accused of being under his thumb. Soros gave Color of Change $1 million after the group endorsed Bragg, and the group reportedly intended to help Bragg with the money. According to a “As a matter of fact I did not contribute to his campaign and I don’t know him,” he His wealth and religious affiliation have made him a target of

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and his allies have sought to tie the Manhattan district attorney bringing a criminal case against the former president to a ...

Soros may not have physically met with Bragg and slid him the yellow envelope of cash across a restaurant table. But Soros money found its way into Bragg's ...

And never miss her column; subscribe to her newsletter and podcast by [clicking HERE](https://www.washingtontimes.com/newsletter-signup/). Soros contributed $1 million to the group” — the same amount pledged by this group for campaign activities to help [Bragg](/topics/alvin-l-bragg/) win. Listen to her podcast “Bold and Blunt” by [clicking HERE](https://www.washingtontimes.com/specials/bold-blunt-podcast/). In May of 2021, Color of Change, endorsed him and pledged $1 million for campaign activities to help [Bragg](/topics/alvin-l-bragg/) win. [Bragg](/topics/alvin-l-bragg/) began his campaign quest for district attorney in mid-2019. Her latest book, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” is available by [clicking HERE ](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lockdown-cheryl-k-chumley/1138793462) or [clicking HERE](https://www.amazon.com/LOCKDOWN-Socialist-Plan-Take-Freedom/dp/163006209X) or [CLICKING HERE.](https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Lockdown/Cheryl-K-Chumley/9781630062095?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpcOTBhCZARIsAEAYLuX7h9Skb-K2eNdpChFgzjPAHTWQoQrxjxoWDA2E0CNZPRN-w59eyyQaAhZ2EALw_wcB) As for [Alvin Bragg](/topics/alvin-l-bragg/), as a matter of fact I did not contribute to his campaign and I don’t know him. [wrote](https://www.semafor.com/article/03/31/2023/one-good-text-george-soros-responds) back, according to an enlarged still shot of the actual text, “I wrote this piece in the Wall Street Journal. [reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/us/politics/alvin-bragg-george-soros-trump.html), “Donald Trump’s allies have accused the district attorney bringing a case against him as having been ‘bought’ by Mrs. Soros, the philanthropist. Bragg](/topics/alvin-l-bragg/) … [Bragg](/topics/alvin-l-bragg/).

The former president and his allies claim the billionaire philanthropist 'bought' and 'hand picked' the Manhattan prosecutor, now wrapped up in long-running ...

The following day, host Rachel Campos-Duffy suggested Mr Bragg is “ [listening to his master, George Soros.](https://twitter.com/DecodingFoxNews/status/1637925978474160130)” Mr Trump’s loyalists [continue to believe](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/waco-texas-massacre-deaths-trump-rally-tonight-b2307984.html) he is at the centre of a tangled web of Democratic corruption, parallel to an antisemitic strain of online-driven conspiracy theory-mongering among QAnon influencers, Christian nationalists and civil war accelerationists. Fox News headlines claim the Soros family “helped push” Mr Bragg “into power”. Mr Soros [contributed $1m in 2021.](https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/mar/23/trumps-attacks-on-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs-backin/) None of those funds were earmarked for Mr Bragg or his campaign. [sprawling, centuries-old antisemitic conspiracy theory](https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/antisemitism-lurking-behind-george-soros-conspiracy-theories) alleging a global Jewish plot to manipulate political and financial systems. Ohio Republican Senator JD Vance claimed he “brought” Mr Bragg. The former president has baselessly asserted that Mr Soros and “hand-picked and funded” Mr Bragg. [George Soros](/topic/george-soros) is either directly funding Mr Bragg or directing his investigation at the expense of the lives of Black New Yorkers. “I have done it transparently, and I have no intention of stopping. His name was mentioned in every primetime programme that night, including 10 times alone on the hourlong Jesse Watters Primetime. That grant stipulates that “no OSPC funding can be used for partisan or political activities.” Manhattan’s first-ever Black district attorney was overwhelmingly elected to the role in 2021.

George Soros denied he donated to the campaign for Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who indicted former President Donald Trump, despite the ...

[repeatedly supported defunding the police](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/how-george-soros-donated-1m-to-the-manhattan-district-attorney-indict-trump) and endorsed the likes of "Squad" Democrats [Rashida Tlaib](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/rashida-tlaib) (D-MI) and [Ilhan Omar](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/ilhan-omar) (D-MN). [Trump was charged](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/trump-indicted-stormy-daniels-hush-money-case-manhattan) with over 30 counts of business fraud Thursday evening in connection to his alleged involvement in hush money payments totaling $130,000 that his then-lawyer Michael Cohen made to porn star [Stormy Daniels](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/stormy-daniels), whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, in the run-up to the [2016](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/2016-elections) presidential election. [told](https://www.semafor.com/article/03/31/2023/one-good-text-george-soros-responds) Semafor on Friday he "did not contribute" to Bragg's campaign, that he doesn't "know him," and also that some [Republicans](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/republicans) "would rather focus on far-fetched conspiracy theories than on the serious charges against the former president." Bragg also pocketed $10,000 in campaign money from Jennifer Allan Soros, Jonathan's wife, in April 2021. [Ralph Norman](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/ralph-norman) (R-SC), a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus and a Trump ally, told the Washington Examiner. Since news broke that the former president could be indicted, Republicans have zeroed in on the connection between Soros, an influential Democratic megadonor, and Bragg. Bragg with the money," [according to](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/us/politics/alvin-bragg-george-soros-trump.html) the New York Times. The former president was asked at first to surrender on Friday; however, his team claimed to officials in [Ron DeSantis](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/ron-desantis) (R-FL), continue to highlight that Soros donated $1 million in May 2021 to Color of Change, a racial justice PAC, which turned around and used the funds to boost Bragg in his successful district attorney bid. Jonathan Soros, the son of George Soros, contributed $10,000 in April 2021 to Bragg's campaign, records show. [TRUMP INDICTED: BRAGG TELLS HOUSE GOP TO CEASE 'UNLAWFUL POLITICAL INTERFERENCE' IN CASE](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/trump-indicted-bragg-tells-house-gop-to-cease-unlawful-political-interference-in-case) [show](https://votingwhileblack.com/color-of-change-pac-endorses-alvin-bragg-for-manhattan-da/).

Both Trump and his son Donald Jr. were quick to jump on the bandwagon, with the former president claiming that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was “hand ...

[shadow government](https://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/13/wolraich.beck.soros/index.html)” in the United States. [Cesar Sayoc](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/nyregion/cesar-sayoc-sentencing-pipe-bombing.html), the Trump supporter who mailed pipe bombs to Soros and Trump’s political enemies in 2018, railed against Soros regularly on Twitter. But the point is not whether Soros backs Bragg. [said](https://twitter.com/emilyctamkin/status/1641787672715730946). [said](https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1641634342714720259?s=20) the indictment was the result of the “Sorosification of the criminal justice system.” [accused](https://twitter.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1641575007552778243?s=20) the “Soros-backed Manhattan district attorney” of “stretching the law to target a political opponent.”

Liberal mega-donor George Soros said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg wasn't a "Soros-funded" DA.

Mr. [Bragg](/topics/alvin-bragg/). Bragg said the prosecutor’s office “contacted Mr. “Never before in our nation’s history has this been done,” Mr. That case resulted in a judge ordering Mr. [Bragg](/topics/alvin-bragg/)’s campaign. Soros was specifically earmarked for Mr. Soros’ direct donation to the group, Mr. In addition to Mr. [Alvin Bragg](/topics/alvin-bragg/), as a matter of fact, I did not contribute to his campaign and I don’t know him,” Mr. Soros has been linked to Mr. Soros made to the Color of Change PAC, a racial justice group that heavily backed Mr.