A group bankrolled by billionaire George Soros is back in Virginia years after initially entering the state to aid two far-left prosecutor candidates up for re-election this year and facing Democratic challengers, new filings show.
The Justice & Public Safety PAC, which has received millions from Soros and his political action committee in recent years, provided $11,500 in in-kind contributions to help Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descanos’s candidacy in late March, according to campaign filings released Monday and reviewed by Fox News Digital.
In Arlington County, Soros’ group pumped $8,000 into backing Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti’s candidacy in mid-March, her filings show. Dehghani-Tafti’s jurisdiction also extends to the city of Falls Church.
Both prosecutors face Democratic primary challengers this June, with Descano squaring off against trial attorney Ed Nuttall and Dehghani-Tafti facing Josh Katcher, who Dehghani-Tafti promoted to deputy commonwealth’s attorney before he resigned last August.
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A group bankrolled by George Soros is back in Virginia to aid Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano’s candidacy. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Soros’ new cash comes four years after the Justice and Public Safety PAC helped propel the pair into power as part of his years-long efforts to overhaul the criminal justice system nationwide. The candidates he supports typically favor lax enforcement, oppose cash bail, and back so-called “restorative justice” initiatives with young offenders, which includes shying away from charging minors as adults.
In 2019, the Justice & Public Safety PAC threw over $600,000 behind Dehghani-Tafti, who challenged then-Democratic incumbent Theo Stamos. Dehghani-Tafti narrowly won the Democratic primary by around 700 votes. The PAC also moved $600,000 behind Descano, who beat then-Democratic incumbent Ray Morrogh by roughly 1,500 votes.
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The Soros-bankrolled group is also backing Arlington County Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti yet again. (Photo from Arlingtonva.us)
Soros’ group will likely provide far more financial backing to the Virginia prosecutors as their Democratic primaries draw closer. Between January 2019 and the end of 2022, Soros moved more than $2.4 million into the Justice & Public Safety PAC from his…
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