Trump Orders Probe of Left‑Wing Groups' Funders

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing an all-of-government effort to investigate and disrupt what his administration calls "left-wing" terrorism, tasking the FBI’s National/Joint Terrorism Task Force and coordinating agencies including the Treasury, IRS and Justice Department to target groups and their funders. White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and FBI Director Kash Patel framed the initiative as the first unified federal effort to "dismantle left‑wing terrorism" and said investigators will "follow the money." The president explicitly named major Democratic donors George Soros and Reid Hoffman as potential subjects of scrutiny, and aides have instructed U.S. attorney offices to prepare investigative plans that could contemplate charges ranging from racketeering to material support. Soros’ Open Society Foundations denied the allegations, saying their activities are peaceful and lawful. The memorandum and public comments came after the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and a shooting at an ICE facility in Dallas, but authorities have not publicly shown evidence of a wider, funded conspiracy linking those incidents to the groups named.