{"id":2589656,"date":"2026-04-11T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-of-radical-prosecutors-all-have-one-thing-in-common\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T17:35:48","slug":"army-of-radical-prosecutors-all-have-one-thing-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-of-radical-prosecutors-all-have-one-thing-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Army of Radical Prosecutors All Have One Thing in Common"},"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\">20<\/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%2Farmy-of-radical-prosecutors-all-have-one-thing-in-common%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=2589656&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>This piece examines teh surge of controversy around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-shows-yet-again-that-progressives-dominate-the-dialogue-only-to-lose-elections\/\" title=\"Eric Adams Shows Yet Again That Progressives Dominate The Dialogue, Only To Lose Elections\">progressive district attorneys<\/a> (DAs) and questions about what is driving thier reform-minded agenda.It notes that violent crime was a top voter concern in the 2024 presidential cycle and that the influence of progressive policies has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-descend-into-twitter-war-with-amazon\/\" title=\"Democrats Descend into Twitter War With Amazon\">drawn national attention<\/a>, including denunciations by officials like Vice President J.D. Vance in 2025. The article highlights criticisms that some left-leaning DAs push radical policies and receive substantial support from wealthy donors, including coverage by NBC News of a broader left-leaning DA movement.<\/p>\n<p>Key examples include Travis County, Texas, where DA Jos\u00e9 Garza faced calls too resign amid revelations of secret meetings related to indicting a police officer over an old incident, and accusations from Republicans that his office\u2019s guidelines encourage repeat offenses. The piece also discusses Philadelphia DA Larry krasner and Fairfax County Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney Steve Descano, noting donors and outside groups that have supported their campaigns and policy efforts.<\/p>\n<p>A central focus is the role of donor networks in prosecutorial policy. The article details funding from the Justice &#038; Public Safety PAC (backing multiple progressive prosecutors),contributions from George Soros\u2019s network,and the involvement of the Wren Collective,a left-leaning consultancy firm credited with shaping policy and communications for several DAs. It traces the Wren Collective\u2019s origins with the Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), a group linked to Soros\u2019s network, and SEE\u2019s evolution into an independent nonprofit.The piece also cites extensive funding to SEE from the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and substantial federal money funneled to SEE via the Biden administration\u2019s programs, including significant EPA and other federal grants.<\/p>\n<p>The article notes pushback against leftist prosecutors, including recalls and election losses of figures like Pamela Price and George Gasc\u00f3n, suggesting that such backlash has influenced the ongoing debate over prosecutorial reform. It also reflects the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s stance, including that the DCNF sought comment but did not receive responses from Garza, descano, Krasner, or SEE.<\/p>\n<p>the summary portrays a tension between reform-minded prosecutorial strategies and concerns about how funding and outside influence shape those policies and crime outcomes.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>High-profile controversies involving progressive district attorneys increasingly dominate headlines across the country, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fine-plans-bill-to-hold-judges-accountable-after-nc-rail-stabbing\/\" title=\"Fine plans bill to hold judges accountable after NC rail stabbing\">releasing violent repeat offenders<\/a> and targeting police to clashing with federal immigration enforcement, prompting questions about what&rsquo;s driving the surge.<\/p>\n<p>Violent crime was a leading concern for voters in the 2024 presidential election, and the role of progressive policies has since drawn national attention. At a police memorial event in 2025, Vice President J.D. Vance condemned the agenda of &ldquo;far-left prosecutors&rdquo; backed by &ldquo;faraway billionaires,&rdquo; saying the administration has no tolerance for lawlessness.<\/p>\n<p>Leftist DAs have frequently used their offices to push increasingly radical policies. Even NBC News has acknowledged a broadly d agenda among these &ldquo;left-leaning Democratic district attorneys.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Among the most controversial jurisdictions is Travis County, Texas, where Democrat DA Jos&eacute; Garza is facing calls to resign after it was revealed that his office may have held secret meetings with Austin officials in an attempt to indict a police officer over an incident more than five years old.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Democrat is also taking heat from Congress after an internal office memo revealed guidelines that his critics say &ldquo;incentivize&rdquo; repeat criminal offenses in the county. Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy, in a letter obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, argues Travis County has become more &ldquo;dangerous, unjust, and anarchic&rdquo; since the progressive prosecutor took office in 2021, citing thousands of dismissed or rejected felony charges and rising crime.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, widely considered one of the nation&rsquo;s most radical prosecutors, has threatened to cuff Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who were deployed to airports amid the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-blames-president-trump-climate-change-for-migrant-surge\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi blames President Trump, \u2018climate change... for migrant surge\">partial government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Fairfax County Commonwealth&rsquo;s Attorney Steve Descano, who has a history of freeing repeat offenders, faced major backlash in March for the release of criminal illegal alien Abdul Jalloh&nbsp;&mdash; a move that led to the murder of a Virginia mother.<\/p>\n<p>The list goes on, and they all have one thing in common: a d donor network directing prosecutorial policy across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Garza <a href=\"https:\/\/policedefense.org\/wp-content\/FinanceDocs\/Garza-finance-doc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> $548,225 in political contributions throughout the 2020 election cycle in which he won office, including <a href=\"https:\/\/austinmonitor.com\/stories\/2020\/07\/is-money-going-to-decide-travis-county-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">over<\/a> $400,000 from the Texas arm of the national Justice &amp; Public Safety PAC, which has backed multiple progressive prosecutors across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Descano <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/committees\/324420\/top_donors\/?start_year=2019&amp;end_year=2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">received<\/a> $601,153 from the same committee in 2019. Although Krasner did not directly receive money from the PAC, its Philadelphia branch spent over $1.7 million campaigning for him in 2017, according to campaign finance reports. In those years, billionaire leftist donor George Soros donated a combined total of $7,807,863 to the Justice &amp; Public Safety PAC.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to funding, the prosecutors received &ldquo;communications&rdquo; support from the Wren Collective, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >leftist consulting firm offering &#038;ldquo<\/a>;fee-free&rdquo; services for &ldquo;elected officials, grassroots advocates, and other allies,&rdquo; according to a 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policedefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Outsourcing-Justice-LELDF-sm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> by the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund. Garza&rsquo;s office entered a non-disclosure agreement with the organization in 2022; Krasner&rsquo;s office listed Wren Collective founder Jessica Brand as its official media contact and paid the firm as a campaign advisor; Descano&rsquo;s team worked with the Wren Collective to &ldquo;sketch out a policy and communications strategy&rdquo; for his second term in office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wren is proud to help reform prosecutors implement evidence-based policies to reduce crime and improve community safety. No matter how hard elected officials work, every large company or organization in every line of work needs outside support to fulfill its critical mission,&rdquo; a spokesperson for the Wren Collective told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So, whether it&rsquo;s Wren, Lexipol, the National District Attorneys Association, Accenture, Heritage, or any of the hundreds of consultant firms and non-profit organizations, prosecutor offices need support to do their vital work of keeping our streets safe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2020 as an independent entity, the Wren Collective later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/ksat-investigates\/2024\/01\/31\/what-we-know-about-the-wren-collective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">became<\/a> a project of the Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), a leftist donor conglomerate deeply entangled with organizations in the broader Soros network.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Wren moved to split off from SEE and become an independent 501(c)3 organization, obtaining tax-exempt status in December.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/social-and-environmental-entrepreneurs-see\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Influence Watch<\/a>, SEE was originally founded in 1987 as the &ldquo;American-Soviet Film Initiative&rdquo; to &ldquo;promote educational and cultural exchanges among citizens of the U.S. and citizens of the then-Soviet Union through films and television programs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The organization&rsquo;s website states that it works to &ldquo;empower, encourage and catalyze individuals to facilitate progressive change in areas of social justice and ecological restoration.&rdquo; The website adds that the projects SEE fiscally sponsors &ldquo;provide long-term cultural transformation to create a more socially just and environmentally sustainable world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Soros&rsquo; Open Society Foundations (OSF) network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/grants\/past?filter_keyword=social%20and%20environmental%20entrepreneurs&amp;page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gave<\/a> SEE $7,632,740 between 2017 and 2023 through the Foundation to Promote Open Society (FPOS), one of the network&rsquo;s grantmaking entities. According to the organization&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/954116679\/202513219349313001\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tax filings<\/a>, SEE also gave $760,220 to the FPOS in 2024. The organization also fiscally sponsors groups promoting leftist viewpoints on prostitution, gun violence, and incarceration through OSF grants.<\/p>\n<p>An OSF spokesman told the DCNF, &ldquo;We are proud to support justice, human rights, and equity for communities across the country, and to advocate for a justice system that is fair and treats everyone equally.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman also said the &ldquo;grants we provided to organizations through SEE as a fiscal sponsor were earmarked for specific projects&rdquo; and &ldquo;cannot be redirected by the fiscal sponsor to support other projects.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Soros network is not SEE&rsquo;s only source of funding. Tax filings show that the organization received $28,075,334 in taxpayer dollars between 2014 and 2024 through federal funding. The Biden administration supplied a majority of the grants, totaling $25,211,801 between 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) obligated even more money to the organization. Government spending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search?hash=326d7660879308f03a4726179101bde1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">records<\/a> show that the agency obligated a stunning $63,000,000 to SEE, intended to be redistributed in at least 197 &ldquo;subaward agreements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The DCNF did not receive a response from SEE, Garza, Descano, or Krasner for a comment.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/these-reform-prosecutors-are-shaking-system-pro-police-groups-aren-n1033286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> on a &ldquo;new wave of progressive DAs&rdquo; taking the reins across the country. The story warned that prosecutors were &ldquo;shaking up the criminal justice system,&rdquo; pointing to Krasner and former Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins as prime examples of the then- new trend.<\/p>\n<p>Leftist prosecutors have since seen pushback in the form of lost elections and recalls in several jurisdictions. Former Alameda County DA Pamela Price was recalled in 2024 after allegedly facilitating rising crime in the county. Former Los Angeles County DA George Gasc&oacute;n, who seemed to stand by as property crime skyrocketed, also decisively lost his 2024 reelection bid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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Crime remains a top concern for voters, and the debate over these DAs\u2019 agendas has grown more prominent since the 2024 election. In 2025, Vice President J.D. Vance criticized what he called a \u201cfar-left\u201d prosecutor agenda funded by powerful donors, insisting the administration will not tolerate lawlessness. Critics say these left-leaning prosecutors are expanding radical policy agendas, a view even NBC News has noted as part of a broader trend.<\/p>\n<p>Illustrative cases include Travis County, Texas, where Democrats\u2019 Jose Garza faced calls to resign after reports that his office met privately with Austin officials to pursue charges against a police officer for a decades-old incident. Garza also drew scrutiny for internal guidelines critics say incentivize recidivism. Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy argued that the county has become more dangerous and unjust since Garza took office in 2021, pointing to thousands of felonies dismissed or rejected and rising crime.<\/p>\n<p>Other examples cited include Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who has threatened immigration officers during the government shutdown, and Fairfax County, Virginia, Commonwealth\u2019s Attorney Steve Descano, who faced backlash after releasing a criminal illegal alien linked to a murder. A common thread in these cases is a donor network shaping prosecutorial policy nationwide. Garza\u2019s 2020 campaign received substantial contributions from the Texas arm of the Justice &amp; Public Safety PAC, Descano\u2019s receipts included large sums from the same PAC, and Krasner\u2019s campaign benefited from related spending by its Philadelphia branch. George Soros and a network of left-leaning funders have directed significant money to related groups, including the Justice &amp; Public Safety PAC and the Wren Collective, which provides \u201cfee-free\u201d communications and policy support to elected officials and their allies.<\/p>\n<p>The Wren Collective\u2019s founder and ties to the Soros network appear in multiple prosecutor offices, with Wren presenting itself as helping reform prosecutors to reduce crime and improve safety. The broader Soros-linked network has received substantial grants from Soros\u2019s Open Society Foundations and related channels, including substantial federal funding in some years. Government and donor funding has also supported SEE (Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs), the umbrella group behind Wren, and other left-leaning organizations promoting reforms on crime, prostitution, gun violence, and incarceration.<\/p>\n<p>TheDCNF notes these connections in discussing the perceived influence of money in prosecutorial policy and cites past reporting from NBC News about a \u201cnew wave\u201d of progressive DAs. 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