{"id":2443883,"date":"2025-06-06T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-gave-millions-to-soros-backed-soft-on-crime-ngos\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:57:23","slug":"report-biden-gave-millions-to-soros-backed-soft-on-crime-ngos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-gave-millions-to-soros-backed-soft-on-crime-ngos\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Biden Gave &#8216;Millions&#8217; To &#8216;Soros-Backed, Soft-On-Crime NGOs&#8217;"},"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\">16<\/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%2Freport-biden-gave-millions-to-soros-backed-soft-on-crime-ngos%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=2443883&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>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, has released a report criticizing the Biden management&#8217;s Department of Justice (DOJ) for awarding ample <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faucis-agency-provided-grant-money-to-university-to-infect-beagles-with-disease-causing-parasites-test-experimental-drug\/\" title=\"Fauci\u2019s Agency Provided Grant Money To University To Infect Beagles With Disease-Causing Parasites, Test Experimental Drug\">taxpayer-funded grants<\/a> to two non-governmental organizations, the Vera Institute of Justice and Impact Justice, which he claims have &#8220;radical&#8221; agendas that jeopardize public safety. Grassley&#8217;s report asserts that these organizations promote &#8220;left-leaning&#8221; policies that prioritize the treatment of violent criminals over victim safety. Specifically, it highlights Vera&#8217;s aim to reduce criminalization and mass incarceration, along with its receipt of $6.75 million in contracts from the DOJ, plus $25 million from various left-leaning donors, including the Open Society Foundations founded by George Soros.<\/p>\n<p>Impact Justice, which also received notable funding from the DOJ, argues it seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s First Foreign Policy Speech\">address systemic racism<\/a> in law enforcement and oversees the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Centre. grassley&#8217;s analysis indicates that training materials from impact Justice promote progressive reforms while failing in oversight, noting that PREA audits often do not uncover sexual abuse issues or follow federal guidelines properly.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley claims that these organizations&#8217; ideologies and policies, which seem to align with &#8220;soft-on-crime&#8221; approaches, undermine community safety and have been widely rejected by the American public.He calls for an end to federal funding for these groups,asserting that their influence is detrimental to the criminal justice system.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released a report &ldquo;exposing the disastrous consequences&rdquo; of Biden&rsquo;s Department of Justice (DOJ) awarding millions in taxpayer-funded grants to two non-governmental organizations with &ldquo;radical&rdquo; agendas.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/majority_staff_report_-_doj_grants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> showcases how, as Grassley noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/new-grassley-report-shows-biden-doj-sent-taxpayer-funded-grants-to-soros-backed-soft-on-crime-ngos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>, the tax dollars Biden&rsquo;s DOJ gave to the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) and Impact Justice funded &ldquo;left-leaning agendas that ultimately put lives at risk.&rdquo;  <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is just a small sampling of the grant programs scrutinized by the Justice Department, but an inspection of these recipients suggests potentially a much bigger problem in how the Justice Department historically has awarded its grant funds,&rdquo; Grassley said in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/majority_staff_report_-_doj_grants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduction<\/a> to the report.<\/p>\n<p>According to the group&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vera.org\/who-we-are\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>, Vera&rsquo;s mission is to create programs to &ldquo;end the criminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Vera &ldquo;reportedly received $6.75 million in contracts from the Biden Administration&rsquo;s Department of Justice&rdquo; between 2022-2023, Grassley&rsquo;s report reads, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/vera-institute-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">citing<\/a> InfluenceWatch. In April, the Trump DOJ said it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vera.org\/newsroom\/vera-institute-of-justice-targeted-by-department-of-justice-funding-cuts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terminating<\/a> $5 million dollars worth of grants to the organization on the basis that its activity &ldquo;no longer effectuate[s] the program goals or agency priorities,&rdquo; Vera reported.<\/p>\n<p>Later that month, Vera launched an &ldquo;Emergency Justice Fund,&rdquo; asking people to give them money directly. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>&#128680; Vera&rsquo;s work is under attack: The Trump administration cut $5M from our public safety programs and threatened to install a DOGE team in our office.<\/p>\n<p>But we are fighting back and WILL NOT back down.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we&rsquo;re launching the Emergency Justice Fund to help sustain our&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QG22RegrAj\">pic.twitter.com\/QG22RegrAj<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Vera Institute of Justice (@verainstitute) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/verainstitute\/status\/1916862545316499564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Grassley&rsquo;s report indicated that Vera also received $25 million from &ldquo;left-of-center organizations&rdquo; Blue Meridian Partner, Inc., and the Open Society Foundations. The latter was founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Soros<\/a>, a &ldquo;left-of-center political donor&rdquo; who has spent &ldquo;billions&rdquo; on political campaigns and organizations &ldquo;that promote his agenda&rdquo; in the U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to InfluenceWatch.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under the Biden-Harris administration, the Vera Institute was awarded millions of taxpayer dollars to prop up left-wing&nbsp;District Attorneys, who would then partner with the Vera Institute to implement Soros-backed progressive policies,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/press\/rep\/releases\/new-grassley-report-shows-biden-doj-sent-taxpayer-funded-grants-to-soros-backed-soft-on-crime-ngos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a> announcing the report from Grassley said. &ldquo;These <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >policies included prioritizing violent criminals<\/a> over victims and declining to fully prosecute felony charges &ndash; including assault, kidnapping, rape and murder.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The report also highlighted Vera&rsquo;s tweets from 2020 that encouraged defunding the police.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Impact Justice spends &ldquo;billions of dollars annually on systems of law enforcement and punishment&rdquo; that it claims &ldquo;perpetuate racism and cycles of harm,&rdquo; its website <a href=\"https:\/\/impactjustice.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says<\/a>. Impact Justice also oversees the Prison Rape Elimination Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prearesourcecenter.org\/about\/prison-rape-elimination-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PREA<\/a>) Resource Center, which ostensibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prearesourcecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aims<\/a> to &ldquo;eliminate sexual abuse in confinement.&rdquo; The resource center is<span><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>funded through a &ldquo;cooperative agreement&rdquo; between Impact Justice and the DOJ, <a href=\"https:\/\/impactjustice.org\/innovation\/projects-to-advance-the-national-prison-rape-elimination-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to Impact Justice.  <\/p>\n<p>As Grassley said in his report, &ldquo;training materials produced by Impact Justice advocated for far-leaning progressive reforms peppered throughout what should have been routine safety training courses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Impact Justice and the PREA Resource Center also received &ldquo;$7.45 million by the Biden-Harris administration to help combat sexual abuse in prisons and ensure the integrity of the PREA audit process,&rdquo; the press release said. <\/p>\n<p>However, Grassley&rsquo;s report revealed that &ldquo;PREA audits routinely failed to uncover pervasive sexual abuse&rdquo; and that the PREA Resource Center &ldquo;encouraged transgender housing policies<br \/>inconsistent with federal regulations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;PREA Resource Center training materials endangered women by encouraging&nbsp;the housing of transgender inmates in female prisons. This was done without due regard for inmate safety and in ways inconsistent with federal regulation,&rdquo; the press release said.<\/p>\n<p>Impact Justice reportedly fired dozens of employees following grant cuts from the Trump administration in April, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/oakland-non-profits-lose-federal-grants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to CBS News. <\/p>\n<p>The press release also confirmed that &ldquo;[t]he Trump administration has since terminated these grants to ensure DOJ awards align with the administration&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/download\/doj-to-grassley_-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated priorities<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people overwhelmingly rejected these soft-on-crime, defund-the-police policies in the last election because they undermined the safety and security of their communities. Organizations like the Vera Institute and Impact Justice that promote radical ideology have no business collecting another dime from the federal treasury,&rdquo; Grassley said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Americans are safer without their influence in the criminal justice system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Abigail Nichols is a correspondent for The Federalist. She was previously the opinion editor for the University of South Florida&#8217;s student newspaper, The Oracle. She is now working as the business manager at the University of North Florida&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-downplay-motives-of-alien-charged-with-attacking-jews\/\" title=\"Media Downplay Motives Of Alien Charged With Attacking Jews\">student-run media outlet<\/a>, Spinnaker Media, while obtaining a Master&#8217;s Degree in Social work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grassley&#8217;s report reveals harmful effects of DOJ grants to radical NGOs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3849,"featured_media":2443886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-05-161617.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[3620,50403,9353,50944,7407],"class_list":["post-2443883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-crime-2","tag-ngos","tag-report-2","tag-soros"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-05-161617.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443883","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\/3849"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443883"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443888,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443883\/revisions\/2443888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}