Far-left billionaire George Soros and family donated $71,000 to Trump-hating NY AG Letitia James
Far‑left billionaire kingmaker George Soros and his family have contributed more than $71,000 to State Attorney General Letitia James’ campaigns since 2019, including $31,000 that helped secure her re‑election.
The figure comes from a mix of direct donations and indirect support. In July 2024, Soros himself gave $18,000, while his daughter‑in‑law, Jennifer Soros, contributed $13,000 in May, according to public election‑reporting records. In addition, the Soros network has supplied $40,000 to James between 2019 and the present for earlier races.
Beyond these payments, James enjoys substantial backing from the far‑left organizations that Soros funds. The Open Society Foundation’s philanthropic arm has pumped $23.7 million into the Working Families Party (WFP) since 2016 through its fundraising affiliate, Working Families Organization Inc. Soros and his relatives have also donated $865,000 directly to the New York branch of the WFP since 2018, records indicate.
James’ ties to the WFP are deep-rooted and highly unique in New York’s politics. She was the first person from the party to win elected office when she was elected to a city council seat covering Fort Greene and other Brooklyn neighborhoods in 2003. During her successful 2018 campaign for Attorney General, James strategically declined the WFP line, running instead on the Democratic ticket alongside then‑Governor Andrew Cuomo. Yet she has continued to align with the party’s progressive agenda, securing its endorsement in her 2022 re‑election bid.
“George Soros has spent years financing the radical left’s most extreme projects, and the outcome is almost always the same: instability and disorder that is destroying our state,” said Michael Henry, a commercial litigator and Republican candidate who is running to unseat James in 2026. “We saw it with [Manhattan District Attorney] Alvin Bragg, so no one should be surprised that [Soros] is heavily backing Letitia James’ ideological crusades and political vendettas that put New Yorkers’ safety on the back burner.” “When the same donor who funds chaos underwrites New York’s top law‑enforcement office, the results speak for themselves,” he added.
James has attracted national spotlight by pursuing a series of lawsuits against the Trump administration and the former president himself, including a long‑running case in which she sued the real‑estate mogul‑turned‑president for allegedly inflating his net worth over decades. While the litigation is still active, Trump secured a major win in August when a state appellate panel dismissed fines exceeding $500 million that were part of the case.
In a separate legal controversy, James was charged by the Department of Justice in October with mortgage fraud related to a property she owns in Virginia. She pleaded not guilty, and the case was dismissed without a trial in November. Subsequent attempts by the DOJ to re‑indict her have not been successful.
Trump has repeatedly accused Soros of orchestrating the prosecutions by James, Alvin Bragg, and other left‑leaning prosecutors. The White House has declined to respond to inquiries about the matter.
Soros also lent indirect support to Bragg’s 2021 District Attorney campaign. In 2020, he donated $1 million to the political action committee of the advocacy group Color of Change, which subsequently spent over $500,000 on mailers, advertisements, and field operations to help Bragg win the race. Since 2021, Soros and his family members have given a total of $43,150 directly to Bragg, including $22,500 from June onward, according to public records. A spokesperson for Soros declined to comment on the contributions.
The AG’s office has not replied to requests for comment, and James’ campaign spokesman could not be reached for remarks.
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