Open Society Institute

Along With NPR, Soros Groups Get Millions in Taxpayer Funds

Soros report coverNational Public Radio's firing of Juan Williams and its acceptance of a $1.8 million gift from left-wing billionaire George Soros' foundation have put the spotlight on the NPR's taxpayer subsidy. What is less well known is that Soros' private foundations also receive millions in taxpayer funds.

Not only that, but the projects that taxpayers fund through Soros' foundations appear to violate a federal prohibition on the use of taxpayer funds to promote drug use and prostitution. Our efforts to expose this misuse of tax money in 2007 were met with hostility by the State Department and disinterest in Congress.

Bill Lann Lee Involved With Group That Defended Terror Lawyer

Bill Lann LeeBill Lann Lee, a former U.S. Assistant Attorney General who served during the Clinton administration, is deeply involved with a group that donated thousands of dollars for the legal defense of convicted terrorist lawyer Lynne Stewart.

Five-and-a-half years after being convicted of providing material support for terrorism, Stewart last month was resentenced to ten years.

Lee, who was Bill Clinton's top civil rights officer from 1997-2000, is a donor to, and serves on the advisory board of, the Impact Fund. The Berkeley-based foundation directed a $5,000 grant to the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee in 2006.

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