Embattled Soros-linked district attorneys leaving office amid high crime, complaints

Democratic megadonor George Soros has had great success in electing left-tilting district attorneys, but keeping them in office is proving more difficult.

More than a dozen prosecutors linked to Soros-funded campaign committees or organizations have left office after resigning, losing reelection or being removed, according to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund map.They include embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who resigned in May; Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, who was removed last year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis; and Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who lost her 2022 primary after being hit with a federal indictment.“You are seeing these left-leaning prosecutors, these rogue prosecutors, in many jurisdictions either resigning in lieu of being forced out or the voters themselves forcing these individuals out of office,” said Zack Smith, a legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

“That’s what happened in Baltimore in Marilyn Mosby, and that’s what happened with Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, as well,” said Mr. Smith, who wrote “Rogue Prosecutors: How Radical Soros Lawyers Are Destroying America’s Communities” with Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Charles Stimson....2more