WASHINGTON — A senior Department of Justice official reportedly instructed half a dozen top federal prosecutors to probe a George Soros-founded liberal philanthropic arm for potentially funding “pro-terror groups.”

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office told several US attorneys in a directive to begin looking into the viability of bringing possible arson, wire fraud, racketeering or material support for terrorism charges against entities linked to Soros’ Open Society Foundations, The New York Times reported .

The directive cited a report from the Capital Research Center, a conservative watchdog group, that alleged the liberal billionaire’s grant network shelled out $80 million to “groups tied to terrorism or extremist violence” — including the Center for Third World Organizing,

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