Overview

• Posting on Truth Social, the president alleged George Soros and Alexander Soros financed violent protests and urged prosecutors to pursue RICO charges.
• Open Society Foundations rejected the accusations as false, stating it supports free expression and peaceful protest but not violence.
• As of publication, authorities have not announced any criminal filings or RICO actions tied to the president’s public demand.
• RICO was created in the 1970s to prosecute organized crime networks, and invoking it in a social-media statement does not initiate a case.
• Soros and his son remain frequent targets of far-right conspiracy theories, and fact-checkers at Reuters, AP, and AFP have debunked viral claims revived during June protests in Los Angeles.