'We're not afraid': George Soros' foundation on being Trump's next target

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Source: NPR

Updated September 29, 2025 5:00 PM ET


The foundation started by billionaire Democratic donor George Soros is responding to a threat of investigation by the U.S. government.

President Trump said Thursday that Soros was "a likely candidate" for prosecution, though it wasn't clear what the charge would be. Soros, a billionaire financier, makes personal donations to Democrats and also founded the Open Society Foundations (OSF), which have donated to causes around the world.

In her first interview since OSF became a target, its president Binaifer Nowrojee spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

"This is not about George Soros," she said. "This is about the United States slowly losing its democracy bit by bit in ways that we've seen elsewhere in the world." "I grew up in Kenya under dictatorship," she added. "And it is not a good road to go down."

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