"At the order of President Trump," the U.S. Department of Justice has begun investigating the Soros Foundation.

Reports state that the U.S. Department of Justice is launching an investigation into the financial giant George Soros’s foundation. If true, this move would break with the decades-long tradition of shielding the institution from political interference. According to media reports on the 25th, a senior official at the Department of Justice has instructed more than six U.S. federal prosecutor’s offices to draft investigation plans targeting the Open Society Foundations (OSF), founded by Soros. The directive details possible charges prosecutors may consider, ranging from arson to providing material support for terrorism. Recently, the Trump administration has been increasing pressure on its political opponents, and this move by the Justice Department is in line with Trump’s long-standing dissatisfaction with Soros. Last weekend, Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to swiftly pursue criminal charges against former FBI Director James B. Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Currently, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia filed a lawsuit against Comey last Thursday and is conducting a separate investigation into James. When asked about the investigation into OSF, Attorney General Pam Bondi responded, “Anything is possible at this point,” while Trump himself stated that Soros is a “potential target of investigation.” Investigation directive surfaces, listing multiple potential charges The investigation order against OSF was issued this Monday by attorney Aakash Singh from the office of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Based on revealed information, Singh is responsible for liaising with federal prosecutors across the country and has issued the directive to federal prosecutor’s offices in California, New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Detroit, and Maryland. The directive suggests prosecutors consider a wide range of potential charges against OSF, including racketeering, arson, wire fraud, and providing material support to terrorism. As preliminary evidence for the investigation, Singh cited a recent report by the conservative watchdog group Capital Research Center. He requested prosecutors to assess whether the allegations in the report are sufficient to initiate a criminal case and to prepare and submit the investigation plan as soon as possible. Trump has long pressured, calling Soros a “bad man” The Justice Department’s latest move is consistent with Trump’s long-standing public discontent with and pressure against Soros. As previously mentioned by Wallstreetcn, the Soros family has long been a principal target of Trump and his "MAGA right-wing" supporters, which is directly related to Soros’s significant influence in political donations. Soros is a major donor to the Democratic Party and, in the 2024 election cycle, contributed over $85 million to Harris’s campaign. After right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was killed in Utah earlier this month, Trump threatened to use government leverage to suppress liberal protesters and progressive group donors, including Soros. Earlier, in an interview, Trump referred to Soros as “a bad man” who “should be put in jail.” This echoes his social media post in August, in which he claimed that Soros and his son, Alex Soros (who recently has taken on a more significant role in the foundation), “should be charged under the RICO Act” for “supporting violent protests and more across the U.S.” The RICO Act has historically been used to prosecute mafia figures. OSF and its allies launch a strong counterattack Fa