The Minnesota prosecutor who charged a federal immigration agent with felony assault received more than $286,000 in backing from far-left political groups and dark-money nonprofits, according to campaign finance filings reviewed by the Washington Examiner, raising scrutiny as tensions escalate between federal authorities and local officials.
State campaign finance records show Moriarty’s 2022 campaign was heavily supported by progressive-aligned organizations, despite running as a nonpartisan candidate. The number of donations taken from far-left groups may even exceed $500,000, according to the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, which monitors donations flowing to “Soros prosecutors” across the country. Liberal megadonor George Soros’s philanthropy, Open Society Foundation, gave generous grants to the progressive groups that funded Morarity’s campaign.
While the Washington Examiner was not able to corroborate the full amount cited by LELDF, public records from the activist group TakeAction Minnesota reported spending about $231,000 to support Moriarty’s 2022 campaign through independent expenditures, funded
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