{"id":2257,"date":"2025-09-14T22:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2025-09-14T22:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T22:35:50","slug":"trump-doubles-down-hints-at-rico-probe-into-george-soros-orgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/?p=2257","title":{"rendered":"Trump Doubles Down, Hints At RICO Probe Into George Soros Orgs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his administration will investigate billionaire George Soros and his family for possible&nbsp;<strong>RICO (racketeering)<\/strong>&nbsp;charges, alleging they may be involved in funding protests and civil unrest across the U.S. Speaking on&nbsp;<em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em>, Trump stated, \u201cWe\u2019re going to look into Soros\u2026 I think it\u2019s a RICO case against him and other people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RICO Act is a federal law typically used to target organized crime groups, requiring prosecutors to prove a pattern of criminal activity within a coordinated enterprise. Trump claims Soros and associates are paying protesters, suggesting it goes beyond free speech into coordinated, destabilizing actions on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks Trump\u2019s most aggressive stance yet against Soros, a longtime Democratic donor and frequent conservative target. Trump had previously hinted at this approach on&nbsp;<em>Truth Social<\/em>, accusing Soros and his son of financing \u201cviolent protests\u201d and \u201cripping America apart,\u201d calling them \u201cpsychopaths\u201d and threatening legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Soros\u2019 philanthropic network, the&nbsp;<strong>Open Society Foundations<\/strong>, denied the claims, stating they do not fund or support violent protests. They called the threats of prosecution \u201coutrageous.\u201d Soros, 94, has funded progressive causes for decades; his son Alex Soros now chairs the foundation and has become more publicly active in politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump tied the proposed investigation to the&nbsp;<strong>assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk<\/strong>, who was shot during a campus event in Utah. Trump called the killing \u201cpolitical violence at its worst,\u201d pledging to hold accountable not just the killer, but any networks or individuals indirectly supporting political violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Trump ramps up his law-and-order messaging ahead of the&nbsp;<strong>2026 midterms<\/strong>, he is targeting wealthy liberal donors and protest networks. While Trump allies argue RICO could apply if financial support for violent protest is proven, the Justice Department has not confirmed whether a formal investigation into Soros is underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump announced on Friday that his administration will investigate billionaire George Soros and his family for possible&nbsp;RICO (racketeering)&nbsp;charges, alleging they may be involved in funding&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytimebuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}