Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate Soros’s FoundationThe directive suggests department leaders are following orders from the president, a major break from decades of past practice meant to insulate the agency from political interference.A senior Justice Department official has instructed more than a half dozen U.S. attorney’s offices to draft plans to investigate a group funded by George Soros, the billionaire Democratic donor whom President Trump has demanded be thrown in jail.
George Soros foundation hits back at Trump after report that DoJ plans to target groupNew York Times reports justice department is pushing attorneys to investigate as Trump ramps up attack on rivalsThe Open Society Foundations (OSF), the major philanthropic group funded by George Soros, has criticized the Trump administration for “politically motivated attacks on civil society” after a report that the justice department had instructed federal prosecutors to come up with plans to investigate the charity.