WASHINGTON DC – In the US, some judicial positions are elected. These include cities’ district attorneys and states’ attorney generals. The winners of these elections use their discretion in enforcing the law, as every prosecutor does. Their electoral campaigns involve donors, who, as in every campaign, give to the candidate who best represents their interests. One such donor is George Soros, the Hungarian-born billionaire who is often demonised by right-wing politicians and pundits, and who has backed progressive prosecutors in their campaigns.
“The democrats just blocked my effort to try & force Soros backed prosecutors to put dangerous criminals in jail,” tweeted Marco Rubio, a Republican senator from Florida, on 7 August. The tweet was accompanied by a video of him decrying Democrats for not supporting his amendment to require prosecutors to keep violent criminals incarcerated.
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