
Soon after a Justice Department official instructed attorneys to probe George Soros’s philanthropic empire last month, Soros’s son Alex joked to a friend “that the Stalinists had a saying for this.”
“‘Give me the man, and I will give you the case against him,’” Alex Soros recounted to former Ithaca, N.Y., Mayor Svante Myrick.
Threats from the Trump administration are mounting toward the two Soroses and other Democratic megadonors, as the president has accused them of supporting violent protests and engaging in unlawful activity.
