The son and heir to progressive megadonor George Soros’ business advised Democrats on Friday to highlight former President Trump’s status as a “convicted felon” after a New York jury convicted him on charges brought by a district attorney helped elect the powerful Soros family.
“Democrats should call Trump a convicted criminal at every opportunity,” Alexander Soros wrote on X.
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Alexander Soros offered advice to Democrats after Donald Trump was convicted by a New York jury. (Getty Images)
“Repetition is the key to a successful message, and we want people to grapple with the idea of hiring a convicted felon for the most important job in the country!” Soros said.
The Soros family has funded the campaigns of prosecutors across the country who have been accused of being lax in investigating crimes.
Fox News previously reported that George Soros donated $1 million to Color of Change PAC in 2021, and that the PAC spent heavily to support the candidacy of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
A Fox News Digital review of campaign finance records revealed that Soros’ son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan Alan Soros and Jennifer Alan Soros, donated directly to the then-candidate’s campaign.
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Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal payments to Stormy Daniels, the adult film star with whom the former president was allegedly having an affair.
“I did my job. Our job is to follow the facts and the law without fear or favoritism, and that’s exactly what we did here,” Bragg told reporters after Thursday’s guilty verdict.
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Alex Soros’ own words suggest he will become “even more radical left than his father,” according to a review of his statements and social media activity. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“What I feel is gratitude for working with the incredible public servants who work every day on the issues you’re writing about. I did my job. We did our job. There are many voices out there. The only voices that matter are the voices of the jury. And the jury spoke,” he added.
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Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump reacts as the verdict is read in his criminal trial on charges he falsified business records to hide payments made to silence porn actress Stormy Daniels in 2016, at a state courthouse in Manhattan, New York City, USA, on May 30, 2024. In this courtroom sketch, (Reuters/Jane Rosenberg)
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Republicans overwhelmingly opposed the verdict and decried the trial as politicized. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) On Friday, he called on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and District Attorney Matthew Colangelo to testify at a hearing next month on the “unprecedented political prosecution of President Trump.”
