Rep. Buddy Carter’s letter to the Department of Justice marks a sharp escalation in the long-simmering fight over billionaire-funded activism and political violence. Citing an $80 million funding trail mapped by the Capital Research Center, Carter frames the issue as a test of whether the law still applies equally to the powerful and the ordinary citizen. He argues that if any private donor were linked to groups praising riots, training activists to break the law, or celebrating massacres like October 7, federal authorities would already be knocking on doors.
The allegations place Attorney General Pam Bondi in a political vise: ignore them and risk appearing complicit, or act and ignite a firestorm over criminalizing left-wing protest networks. Behind the legal questions lies something deeper: growing public exhaustion with normalized intimidation, street chaos, and ideological double standards. Whether DOJ moves or not, the protective aura around Soros-linked nonprofits has been pierced. The message from Congress is unmistakable: no fortune, and no foundation, is untouchable anymore.
