<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1654800430111,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07b3-de22-a173-2ffbab450000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1654800430111,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000162-07b3-de22-a173-2ffbab450000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_54713487", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1028431"} }); rn","_id":"00000181-49ca-d590-a5f1-cbfb99790000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedWith voters in San Francisco having recalled controversial prosecutor Chesa Boudin this week, critics are turning to other anti-bail, anti-jail DAs funded by liberal billionaire George Soros and his groups for ousters.
Topping that list are Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Steve Descano of Fairfax County, Virginia, and Buta Biberaj in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Each has been at the center of a handful of controversial decisions angering voters and drawing attention to their support for liberal policies pushed by megadonor Soros, including no-bail releases and ignoring charges filed by police.
They are also the focus of a new report critical of Soros and his funding of first-time prosecutors just filed by the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund. It said that Soros overall has spent $40 million to install 75 liberal “social justice” district attorneys, many of whom are “political neophytes” with “zero prosecutorial experience.”
Screen Shot 2022-06-09 at 2.28.51 PM.pngIt reviews the fundraising and junketeering of those four and six others who received over $13 million in donations from Soros and Soros-linked liberal groups between 2018 and 2021.
Topping the money list was Gascon, who the report said received $4.7 million from Soros-linked groups.
For many, these groups were the prime giver. In Northern Virginia, for example, Biberaj received over 80% of her campaign finances from Soros-backed groups and supporters. In neighboring Fairfax, Descano snagged 70% of his donations from Soros-aligned groups and friends.
The report said that several took junkets from Soros groups, including Mosby, Kim Gardner of St. Louis, and Gascon, to Portugal.
It suggested that Soros backed many with little prosecutorial experience so he could influence their decisions.
But in their districts, crime rose, opening the door to reelection challenges and recall efforts.
Screen Shot 2022-06-09 at 2.29.06 PM.pngThe police report noted that for most, Soros is planning to spend even more to keep his team in power, saying he is “poised to spend millions more to fight the looming recall of Los Angeles DA George Gascon and is seeking to install his preferred prosecutor candidates in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Alameda County and Orange County, California in 2022.”
As the national crime wave has surged, police have started to blame liberal prosecutors for not punishing criminals and simply letting many go, signaling that even violent crime is OK.
When LELDF provided Secrets with the report earlier this week, President Jason Johnson said, “Soros is using that campaign money and the hundreds of millions more for supporting organizations to quietly transform the criminal justice system for the worse, promoting dangerous policies and anti-police narratives to advance his radical agenda.”
