First appearance on Fox: A Democratic House leadership recruit drew tens of thousands of dollars worth of salary from a left-wing dark money network heavily funded by George Soros' political empire, a Fox News Digital investigation has found.
Laura Gillen, a New York state legislative candidate who serves as city supervisor for the Long Island town of Hempstead, received a $40,000 “fellow” salary from the organization Our American Future Foundation (OAFF) in 2023. Reported. her financial disclosure. The group and its sister nonprofit, Our American Future Action, help pay for individuals (overwhelmingly Democrats) who plan to run for office in the future.
According to the Open Society Foundations, an affiliate of the organization Soros founded, its Open Society Action Fund: Donated over $18 million to Our American Future Action, which “supports bipartisan policy advocacy and citizen engagement.”
According to tax filings, Our American Future Action is a subsidiary of Our American Future Foundation.directly controlling entity. ”
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New York House Democratic candidate Laura Gillen participated in a fellowship funded by George Soros' political empire in 2023. (Laura Gillen Facebook/Getty)
A spokesperson for Our American Future Foundation told Fox News Digital that the funds were sent to Our American Future Action and that Our American Future Foundation “will not accept any action from them.” We have not received any funds,” he said.
Our American Future Foundation also receives direct support from the Soros empire. Last year, it received an undisclosed amount of funding from the Jennifer and Jonathan Alan Soros Foundation, a charity run by one of the leftist billionaire's sons. Appears on your tax return.
Jonathan Soros and Jennifer Soros have also donated directly to Gillen's campaign, each giving $3,300 this year. Another Soros son, Robert Soros, Donated $2,900 The move comes in response to Guillen's failed 2022 campaign to unseat Republican Rep. Anthony D'Esposito.
Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of the nonprofit watchdog group Americans for Public Trust, said in a statement to Fox News Digital that “George Soros received funds to run for candidates through a program disguised as a 'fellowship.' It's a huge problem that we're paying so much.”
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George Soros, billionaire and founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, speaks at the World Economic Forum's third day event in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, January 24, 2019. (Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Voters are seriously alarmed that Laura Guillen, who claims to be running on a platform of ethics and transparency, is personally supported by the Soros group, which advocates open borders, anti-policing, and radical energy policies. We should,” Sutherland continued. “This raises serious questions about who Mr. Guillen will answer to if elected to Congress: the voters…or George Soros?”
Gillen argued It blames Soros' campaign funding for “anti-Semitic violence.”
Representative Dan Goldman, a fellow New York Democrat, also said: Defendant D'EspositoMr. Guillen has once again taken issue with this cycle, saying he “uses disgusting anti-Semitic metaphors” by pointing out his support for Mr. Soros.
Soros' group raised a large amount of money Since last year, the organization supporting anti-Semitic protests has aimed to delegitimize Israel and stop US support for military operations against terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah.
Liberal billionaire George Soros' group has been heavily funding anti-Semitic protests since last year. (Getty Images)
The Open Society Action Fund's $18,055,000 in funding for Our American Future Action will begin in 2023 and span 19 months, according to the Open Society Action Fund's grants database on its website. It was planned to provide funding. Tax returns show the Jonathan Alan Soros and Jennifer Alan Soros Foundation gift also took place in 2023, the same year Gillen received her fellowship paycheck.
The Fellowship Program provides aspiring political candidates with overwhelmingly Democratichave the funds to cover basic living expenses while focusing on a future political campaign.
some democrats candidate California's Will Rollins, Nebraska's Tony Vargas, Arizona's Kirsten Engel and New York's Josh Riley are among those receiving funding from the group for the 2024 competitive contest, according to the Washington Examiner. It is said that there is.
The Examiner reported in March that the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a nonprofit watchdog group, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that OAFF payments to prospective House candidates violated federal law. This is the first time I've reported that it has been submitted. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, OAFF is prohibited from spending funds on political activities. However, FACT argued that the payments to the eventual presidential candidates were clearly designed to advance their political prospects.
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“The real purpose of this fellowship was to provide a short downtime for unsuccessful candidates (or future candidates) until they can reapply to run for another election, by the founders, to provide personal expenses to It was clearly explained that this is a way to give money as a gift,” FACT wrote in the article. Complaints. “Therefore, the fellowship is directly tied to federal candidacy and is not for bona fide independent employment. To claim otherwise would be a discredit.”
Soros also funneled millions of dollars to several other groups and committees that will support Democrats through the 2024 cycle. His two super PACs, Democracy PAC and Democracy PAC II, have funneled a combined $53 million to left-wing groups, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Mr. Guillen has recently benefited from one of the groups funded by left-wing billionaires. On August 2, Soros' Democracy PAC transferred $500,000 to the Conservative League Voter Victory Fund, and a few weeks later the fund made several independent expenditures supporting her candidacy in the form of digital production and ad buys. Spent a hundred thousand dollars. During that time, the group also supported Kamala Harris and a handful of other Democrats.
Guillen's campaign and the Open Society Foundations did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
