George Soros foundation hits back at Trump after report that DoJ plans to target group

New York Times reports justice department is pushing attorneys to investigate as Trump ramps up attack on rivals

The Open Society Foundations (OSF), the major philanthropic group funded by George Soros, has criticized the Trump administration for politically motivated attacks on civil society" after a report that the justice department had instructed federal prosecutors to come up with plans to investigate the charity.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that a lawyer in the office of Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, sent a memo to several federal prosecutors in attorney's offices in California, New York, Washington DC, Chicago and Detroit, offering a range of charges to consider against the group. Those charges included racketeering, arson, wire fraud and material support for terrorism, the newspaper reported.