Targeting OSF, Trump Aims for a Chilling Effect on Liberal Funders - Inside Philanthropy

President Donald Trump has never hidden the fact that his very long enemies list includes major names from the philanthropic sector. After Charlie Kirk was killed, he and his allies called out both the Ford Foundation and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations specifically, as IP reported last week. According to a New York Times report yesterday, the Department of Justice is now formulating plans to open a criminal investigation into the Open Society Foundations. A department directive obtained by the Times laid out how the DOJ may proceed: “Possible charges [against Open Society Foundations]

President Donald Trump has never hidden the fact that his very long enemies list includes major names from the philanthropic sector. After Charlie Kirk was killed, he and his allies called out both the Ford Foundation and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations specifically, as IP reported last week. According to a New York Times report yesterday, the Department of Justice is now formulating plans to open a criminal investigation into the Open Society Foundations. A department directive obtained by the Times laid out how the DOJ may proceed: “Possible charges [against Open Society Foundations]