Judicial Watch obtained 32 pages of records showing the Obama administration sent U.S. taxpayers' funds to a group backed by billionaire George Soros, which used the money to fund left-wing political activities in Albania, including working with the country's socialist government to push for highly controversial judicial "Reform." The records also detail how the Soros operation helped the State Department review grant applications from other groups for taxpayer funding.
The records were obtained in a May 26, 2017, Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development after both the State Department and USAID failed to respond to March 31, 2017, FOIA requests sent a letter to then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking that he investigate charges that the U.S. government was using taxpayer funds to assist Soros in Albania.
The new records released by Judicial Watch include an April 2016 memo from the U.S. Embassy in Tirana that reveals that the embassy "Sponsored" a survey along with Soros's Open Society Foundation to measure Albanian citizens' "Knowledge, support, and expectations on justice reform." The Soros group survey reported that "91% of respondents either 'fully support' or 'somewhat support' the need for judicial reform." The poll did not specify the type of reform the Soros group was seeking.
Records dated February 2017 show that the State Department used taxpayer funds to co-sponsor a second poll with the Open Society Foundation on judicial reforms that would essentially solidify the left's control of the Albanian government.
The records also reveal that the State Department gave the Soros organization direct input for its own program funding reviews in Albania.
The U.S. Ambassador to Albania Donald Lu, a holdover from the Obama administration, has been closely linked to Soros and the socialist government in Albania.
"The Obama administration quietly spent at least $9 million in U.S. taxpayers' dollars in direct collusion with left-wing billionaire George Soros' backing of a socialist government in Albania. It is particularly outrageous that the State Department allowed the Soros operation to help direct taxpayer funds to other groups," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-doj-records-show-obama-administration-helped-fund-george-soros-left-wing-political-activities-albania/
The records were obtained in a May 26, 2017, Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development after both the State Department and USAID failed to respond to March 31, 2017, FOIA requests sent a letter to then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson asking that he investigate charges that the U.S. government was using taxpayer funds to assist Soros in Albania.
The new records released by Judicial Watch include an April 2016 memo from the U.S. Embassy in Tirana that reveals that the embassy "Sponsored" a survey along with Soros's Open Society Foundation to measure Albanian citizens' "Knowledge, support, and expectations on justice reform." The Soros group survey reported that "91% of respondents either 'fully support' or 'somewhat support' the need for judicial reform." The poll did not specify the type of reform the Soros group was seeking.
Records dated February 2017 show that the State Department used taxpayer funds to co-sponsor a second poll with the Open Society Foundation on judicial reforms that would essentially solidify the left's control of the Albanian government.
The records also reveal that the State Department gave the Soros organization direct input for its own program funding reviews in Albania.
The U.S. Ambassador to Albania Donald Lu, a holdover from the Obama administration, has been closely linked to Soros and the socialist government in Albania.
"The Obama administration quietly spent at least $9 million in U.S. taxpayers' dollars in direct collusion with left-wing billionaire George Soros' backing of a socialist government in Albania. It is particularly outrageous that the State Department allowed the Soros operation to help direct taxpayer funds to other groups," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-doj-records-show-obama-administration-helped-fund-george-soros-left-wing-political-activities-albania/
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