A senior Justice Department official reportedly directed multiple U.S. attorneys’ offices to draft plans for potential criminal investigations into the Open Society Foundations, the global nonprofit network funded by billionaire Democrat donor George Soros.
The directive, circulated Monday by a lawyer in Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office, urged prosecutors in at least six jurisdictions — including California, New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago — to consider a range of charges, such as racketeering, wire fraud, and material support for terrorism, The New York Times reported Thursday.
Lawyer Aakash Singh cited a report from a conservative watchdog group that alleged the foundation funneled more than $80 million to organizations linked to extremist activity, according to the Times.
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