{"id":2350880,"date":"2024-10-04T15:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-revealed-as-backer-of-gop-counterpunch-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-04T15:58:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T19:58:51","slug":"george-soros-revealed-as-backer-of-gop-counterpunch-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-soros-revealed-as-backer-of-gop-counterpunch-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"George Soros revealed as backer of GOP counterpunch &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorge-soros-revealed-as-backer-of-gop-counterpunch-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2350880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>George Soros, \u2062a prominent Democratic donor, has been identified as a key financial backer of the\u200c Congressional Integrity \u2063Project (CIP), supporting it with a $1 million donation from his Open Society Action Fund in 2023. This funding aims to fortify a group that works against GOP-led congressional investigations, particularly those focusing \u2063on Hunter Biden&#8217;s business dealings. Despite the $1 million support, the GOP&#8217;s inquiries have struggled to establish bipartisan credibility and have drawn criticism from \u2064Democrats as being baseless. The CIP positions itself as an entity focused on holding Republicans accountable for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-allied-group-pledges-to-investigate-republicans-probing-presidents-ties-to-familys-foreign-business-deals\/\" title=\"Biden-Allied Group Pledges To Investigate Republicans Probing President\u2019s Ties To Family\u2019s Foreign Business Deals\">politically motivated oversight<\/a> of President Biden and Democratic officials, operating under \u200ca 501(c)(4) status that allows it to maintain donor anonymity. Lawmakers like James Comer criticize the CIP as a &#8220;radical left-wing dark\u200d money group&#8221; attempting to obscure funding sources, while the CIP claims its efforts \u200bcontribute to a greater\u200c public interest in \u200ccongressional\u2062 oversight.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">George Soros revealed as $1 million backer of House GOP counterpunch group<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1735563\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE <\/strong>&mdash; Democratic megadonor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-soros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"George Soros\">George Soros<\/a> is a top funder of a group that has coordinated with lawmakers this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> to push back on House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>GOP<\/a>-led investigations, newly released financial disclosures reveal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The billionaire&rsquo;s Open Society Action Fund donated $1 million in 2023 to the Congressional Integrity Project, a group that received nearly all of its war chest in prior years from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/sixteen-thirty-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sixteen Thirty Fund<\/a>, a Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>dark money<\/a> organization in Washington, D.C., the records show. The grants were earmarked &ldquo;to support nonpartisan advocacy on congressional accountability,&rdquo; according to the funding database for the Soros-funded Open Society Foundations philanthropy network.<\/p>\n<p>News of the $1 million cash infusion from Open Society Action Fund provides an inside look at how Soros helped to keep the lights on for a Democratic strategist-led entity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2638545\/democratic-dark-money-juggernaut-behind-biden-allied-group-targeting-house-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>that<\/a> established itself as a key attack dog against the GOP&rsquo;s House majority, particularly House Oversight Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jim-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jim Jordan<\/a> (R-OH). Comer and other lawmakers spent much of this Congress looking into the foreign business dealings of Hunter Biden, the 54-year-old son of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the investigation struggled to gain bipartisan credibility amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/23\/us\/politics\/gop-smirnov-allegation-biden.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>setbacks<\/a> and a razor-thin GOP majority that Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/24\/politics\/house-gop-biden-impeachment-effort\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> focused on &ldquo;fruitless&rdquo; allegations of wrongdoing. House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3125455\/biden-family-and-associates-made-27m-from-foreign-business-after-boosts-from-joe-biden-impeachment-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>released their findings<\/a> from a yearlong impeachment inquiry into the president in August, concluding that his family and business associates raked in over $27 million in connection to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-hunter-biden-still-owns-stake-in-chinese-equity-firm\/\" title=\"Report: Hunter Biden still owns stake in Chinese equity firm\">foreign business deals<\/a>. However, the report stopped short of recommending that the House proceed to impeach the president and did not identify criminal wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It comes as no surprise that a radical left-wing dark money group is funded by George Soros to attack Republicans who have been at the forefront of exposing the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s radical agenda and the Biden family&rsquo;s corrupt influence peddling racket,&rdquo; Comer told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans have fought to bring transparency to the Swamp, but the Congressional Integrity Project is trying to keep its funding hidden from the American people,&rdquo; Comer said. &ldquo;We will keep fighting for transparency and accountability in Washington regardless of CIP&rsquo;s efforts to keep Americans left in the dark.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the<em> Washington Examiner, <\/em>an Open Society Foundations spokesperson said: &ldquo;We are proud to support the Congressional Integrity Project&rsquo;s work to make sure that congressional oversight serves the public interest, rather than partisan interests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Soros, the founder of the Open Society Foundations, is seen on May 29, 2018, at the European Council on Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting in Paris. (AP Photo\/Francois Mori)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The CIP <a href=\"https:\/\/congressionalintegrity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>says<\/a> on its website that it is &ldquo;committed to exposing the reality behind Republicans&rsquo; politically motivated oversight and investigations targeting President Biden and Democrats.&rdquo; It is registered under a section of the IRS code called 501(c)(4) that allows groups to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-non-profit-rejected-for-tax-exempt-status-by-irs-bibles-teachings-affiliated-with-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Christian Non-Profit Rejected For Tax-Exempt Status By IRS: \u2018Bible\u2019s Teachings \u2026 Affiliated With The Republican Party\u2019\">receive tax-exempt status<\/a> so long as they operate to promote &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irs.gov\/charities-non-profits\/other-non-profits\/social-welfare-organizations#:~:text=To%20be%20tax%2Dexempt%20as,exclusively%20to%20promote%20social%20welfare.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>social welfare<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The CIP&rsquo;s 501(c)(4) status means it does not have to disclose its donor to the IRS. Open Society Action Fund is also registered under this section of the IRS code. <\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2638545\/democratic-dark-money-juggernaut-behind-biden-allied-group-targeting-house-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a> in December 2022 on how the CIP&rsquo;s revenue came almost entirely from the Sixteen Thirty Fund from 2020 to 2021. The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit group, is one of several entities connected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2804931\/news-washington-examiners-gabe-kaminsky-explains-investigating-dark-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arabella Advisors<\/a>, a consulting firm doubling as the largest Democratic-aligned dark money network in the United States. <\/p>\n<p>The CIP&rsquo;s ties to the LLC&rsquo;s shadowy network extend further. Kyle Herrig, the director of the CIP, is the founder of an organization called Accountable.US that used to be under the umbrella of the New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) charity managed by Arabella Advisors, according to tax records. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Soros-backed Open Society Foundations is a substantial funder of projects managed by the New Venture Fund, tax records show. Soros has long given generously to Democrats and left-leaning causes related to criminal justice, immigration, climate, and other issues, according to Federal Election Commission filings and tax documents.<\/p>\n<p>The CIP did not return a request for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1735563\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735563\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Soros disclosed as $1 million supporter of House GOP counter group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2350881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24072552280435.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34730,6203,33642,32076],"class_list":["post-2350880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-george-soros","tag-gop","tag-political-funding","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24072552280435.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}