Trump calls for criminal charges against billionaire Soros, son over false protest funding claims
This combination of pictures created on August 27, 2025 shows, L/R, Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros on January 23, 2020 in Davos, eastern Switzerland and US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on August 26, 2025. — AFP pic
Thursday, 28 Aug 2025 9:58 AM MYT
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 — US President Donald Trump yesterday called for billionaire George Soros and his son to face criminal charges over unfounded claims that their family, a favourite right-wing target, is behind “violent protests” around the country.
Trump did not specify what prompted his morning outburst, but it comes as his administration pursues multiple criminal investigations against his perceived enemies.
“George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more,” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform, referring to a law against taking part in a criminal organisation.
The Open Society Foundations, the philanthropic empire founded by Soros, slammed Trump’s comments.
“These accusations are outrageous and false. The Open Society Foundations do not support or fund violent protests,” a spokesperson for the foundations said in a statement to AFP.
The foundations support the “rights to free speech and peaceful protest that are hallmarks of any vibrant democracy,” the spokesperson added.
Long-standing conspiracy theories involving the Soros family swirled again in June, as street protests broke out in Los Angeles against a ramp up of immigration raids.
Trump used the demonstrations as justification to deploy the National Guard and Marines into the Democratic-run city.
Fact-checkers including AFP debunked several images which circulated online at the time, purporting to show that nonprofit groups backed by the Soros family had strategically placed bricks to hurl at police.
‘We’re watching you!’
Hungarian-born Soros, 95, has long been a bogeyman for the far right in Europe and the US for his financial support of progressive causes and the Democratic Party.
He has been baselessly blamed for propagating migrant crises in Europe and on the southern border of the US, and for orchestrating mass protests, including those against police brutality after the 2020 killing of George Floyd.
The years-long campaign against Soros, who is Jewish, is often accused of being motivated by antisemitism.
“Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our Country! That includes his Crazy, West Coast friends,” Trump wrote yesterday on Truth Social.
“We’re not going to allow these lunatics to rip apart America any more,” he added, warning: “Be careful, we’re watching you!”
Trump previously accused Soros of being behind his 2024 conviction for covering up hush money payments to a porn star, alleging that the financier controlled the public prosecutor who brought the charges.
Soros announced in 2023 that he would hand over control of the Open Society Foundations to his son Alex.
In the 2024 election, Alex Soros was a vocal supporter of Trump’s Democratic opponent, vice president Kamala Harris.
Shortly before leaving office in January, Joe Biden awarded the elder Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom — America’s highest civilian honour — citing his support for “projects across the world that strengthen democracy, human rights, education and social justice.” — AFP
Donald Fuck wants to turn America into an African dictatorship where people get charged just because the President wants it so.
ReplyDeleteThe DOJ has a long history of investigating and charging people based on objective evidence provable in court, not just because politicians want it.