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George Soros Gave $408k to Jussie Smollett Case Prosecutor Who Dropped Charges

Liberal billionaire donated money to State’s Attorney Kim Foxx's super PAC

 on 27th March 2019 @ 3.00pm
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Liberal billionaire George Soros gave $408k to the prosecutor on Jussie Smollett's case

Liberal billionaire George Soros gave $408,000 to a super PAC for Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx - the prosecutor whose office dropped all felony charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself.

In a shocking move announced on Tuesday, prosecutors decided to drop all 16 felony charges against the left-wing Hollywood star.

Chicago Police accused Smollett of faking a hate crime in January that he blamed on racist, homophobic white Trump supporters with law enforcement officials reportedly "furious" about the decision to drop the case.

After speaking with Smollett’s family, Foxx had formally recused herself from the case in February.

However, the Chicago Tribune later reported that Foxx had asked the police to turn the case over to the FBI following an intervention by Tina Tchen, former First Lady Michelle Obama's ex-chief of staff.

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Kim Foxx's office made the surprise move to suddenly drop all charges against Jussie Smollett

According to Breitbart, Soros has spent heavily on backing “progressive” candidates for local prosecutorial offices across the nation, following the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2014, which alleged that black defendants have been treated unfairly by the justice system.

Foxx ran in 2016 against incumbent Anita Alvarez, who faced intense public controversy over the 2014 murder of a black teenager, LaQuan McDonald, by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.

Foxx ran on a platform of criminal justice reform, telling local ABC News affiliate WLS-7 that she wanted to focus on “restoring faith in our criminal justice system” and “bridging the divide between the community and law enforcement.”

As chicagoist.com reported in 2016, Alvarez received donations from the “old-boy” network, but Foxx found other donors, including Soros:

"But Kim Foxx has also found two other sources of cash, in the form of twin $300,000 donations to a Super PAC supporting her called Illinois Safety & Justice.

"The sole donors to the PAC are neoliberal superdonor and conservative-boogeyman George Soros and a 'dark-money' group called Civic Participation Action Fund.

"A Super PAC is a fundraising group, created by the 2010 Supreme Court Citizens United decision, that can raise as much money as they want for any candidate or cause—as long as they don’t coordinate on any level with political campaigns, which have much smaller campaign limits."

State campaign finance records show that Soros personally contributed a total of $333,000 to Foxx’s super PAC before the March 15, 2016 primary was over, and an additional $75,000 after she won.

Foxx defeated Alvarez in the primary and won easily in the fall.

As Breitbart News has reported extensively, Soros has been intervening in local races for prosecutor, state’s attorney, and district attorney — often backing left-wing Democrats against other Democrats in doing so.

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Different set of rules for the 'elite'? Chicago Police officials are furious about the decision to drop the case

Breitbart News reported in 2018 (original links):

Left-wing billionaire George Soros continues to pour millions of dollars into hitherto-obscure local races for district attorney, backing “progressive” candidates who are opposing more traditional law-and-order prosecutors.

The Los Angeles Times reported earlier this month that Soros is involved in 21 district attorney races across the country — and that is just the spending that is known. He is also contributing money to non-profit organizations that are engaged in certain political activities but are not required to report donations.

Foxx’s office explained the decision to drop charges against Smollett by referring to his previous community service.

The decision to drop the charges was officially made by Joe Magats, first assistant state’s attorney.

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