NEW YORK—Rising crime around the United States can be attributed to the “soft-on-crime” policies of Democrat district attorneys funded by George Soros, according to Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee.
While in New York City on April 17 for a field hearing on “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan,” committee members shared their perspectives on the matter with The Epoch Times.
“This hearing, of course, is about the violent crime spree and the soft-on-crime policies that have been instituted by Soros-funded DAs,” Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) asserted, noting that Congress has jurisdiction over the federal funding district attorneys’ offices receive.
“And if some of that funding has been misspent or misapplied, then we have a responsibility as stewards of the taxpayers’ dollars to track that down and make sure that it’s not,” he added….