A new report reveals how five Texas district attorneys backed by billionaire George Soros secretly coordinated to push left-wing causes.
The Media Research Center (MRC) published a report this month on how a network of Soros-funded groups united district attorneys from across the country. The report reveals communications obtained in public information requests between the “Texas Five,” which includes Dallas County DA John Creuzot, Travis County DA Jose Garza, former Bexar County DA Joe Gonzales, Fort Bend County DA Brian Middleton, and former Nueces County DA Mark Gonzalez.
According to MRC, these five DAs shared a group chat to “strategize and commiserate about their political opponents,” which included several complaints about Att. Gen. Ken Paxton.
The DAs openly discussed Paxton’s impeachment trial during work hours. Creuzot texted his fellow DAs that he was “elated” to see Paxton impeached.
Gonzalez blamed Paxton for the attempted recall effort against him last year — an effort Garza described as “bulls**t.”
Middleton wrote they had a “legal team ready” to stop the recall. Gonzalez eventually resigned from office and ran a failed U.S. Senate campaign.
The DAs coordinated on how to stop Paxton’s election integrity case, which they eventually won at the Texas Supreme Court. Middleton celebrated the decision over email with the DAs, writing, “We Beat Paxton!!!”
The communications revealed how the Texas Five worked to spike proposed bills at the statehouse that would have eased efforts to remove DAs who defied state law. The five DAs previously signed pledges with Soros’ Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) that promised not to enforce laws on abortion bans and transgender procedure regulations for minors.
Middleton described the proposed bills at the statehouse as “definitely right-wing bullies, having a tantrum.”
Creuzot decried the Texas Scorecard’s coverage of the bills, describing it as “a right wing nut publication.” He snarkily referenced The Dallas Morning News when complaining that the outlet was unlikely to oppose the statehouse legislation.
“I’d be shocked if the Dallas Morning Snooze would take that position regarding me,” he messaged his fellow DAs.
The DAs secretly rallied the Texas District & County Attorneys Association (TDCAA) to oppose the statehouse bills. Additionally, they rallied a former state lawmaker to testify against the bills.
“We just need to push TDCAA,” Middleton messaged the DAs. “If they stand with us, it all dies.”
Middleton praised Gonzalez’s efforts to stop the bills.
“Joe you are a giant,” he messaged him. “They talk sh*t but they know you can [win] elections for others.”
“Make sure they respect your power,” he continued.
FJP is a project of the Tides Center, one of Soros’ most prominent dark money groups. The MRC report revealed that FJP hosted 51 private meetings with DAs from across the country between 2021 and 2022.
According to the report, Soros gave the Tides Center $14,235,421 between 2016 and 2022 and a $10,000 grant in 2019 to FJP, which advocates defunding the police.
None of the Texas Five responded to a request for comment.
Miriam Krinsky, the executive director of the FJP, dismissed the MRC study in a statement to Fox News Digital. She claimed the report’s focus on Soros “promotes antisemitic tropes” and “false narratives.”
“As we clearly spell out in our mission statement, Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) brings together elected local prosecutors committed to promoting a justice system grounded in fairness, equity, compassion and fiscal responsibility,” she said.
“FJP supports these elected leaders – and the vision they share for safer and healthier communities – through ongoing information sharing, research and resource materials, opportunities for on-the-ground learning, in-person convenings, technical assistance, and access to national experts,” Krinsky continued.
The MRC report detailed how the Texas Five worked with another Soros-backed group, the Texas Organizing Project (TOP), to lobby against bills to strengthen the mail-in ballot system.
TOP paid the bond for a man in 2022 who was later charged with capital murder in relation to a spree of six killings.