FBI raids Soros-backed voter groups headquarters in reported fraud probe
Federal investigators raided a Soros-funded voter mobilization group on Thursday as part of a reported ongoing fraud investigation.FBI agents raided the headquarters of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) on June 11 and deployed across the state to question members of the organization, sometimes bearing subpoenas or demanding to seize electronic devices, MS Now reported.A day later, multiple sources familiar with the events told CBS News that the operations were part of a fraud-related investigation. The raid marks the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration’s expanded use of federal law enforcement to scrutinize alleged voter fraud and election-related misconduct, a push cheered by conservatives who have long argued such cases were under-enforced and condemned by Democrats and voting rights groups who say the effort risks turning the FBI into a political weapon against liberal voter registration operations.OOC is a nonprofit organization that works closely with the Democratic Party in Ohio on voter mobilization and registration efforts.
It is especially active in ballot referendums, tapping its vast donor network that includes the Soros family's philanthropies, to do so.STACEY ABRAMS HIT WITH SUBPOENA IN ALLEGED CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS SAGA: 'NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW'Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference about the Trump administration's fraud crackdown as he's flanked by federal and state officials in Ohio on Thursday, June 4, 2026.(WBNS via NNS)The Department of Justice has declined to comment on the specifics of the purported investigation."Search warrants are authorized by a judge and anything said by any organization or others in the media is unfounded speculation, as the target of any investigation is not privy to the search warrant affidavit until after indictment," a DOJ official told Fox News Digital. A voter fills out a mail-in ballot at the Board of Elections office in the Allegheny County Office Building ...