George Soros’ Open Society network has provided more than $1 million in documented grants to a whistleblower organization now representing former Justice Department lawyers contesting the Trump administration’s civil rights enforcement at some of America’s wealthiest universities.
The Trump administration has made higher education a major focus of federal civil rights enforcement, pursuing universities over race discrimination and other Title VI violations.
While other universities have reached settlements with the administration, the fight with Harvard remains ongoing. In March 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Harvard University over anti-Semitism against Jewish students in violation of Title VI.
Behind the whistleblower complaints, however, sits a much larger legal and advocacy infrastructure. As Trump’s crackdown on campus civil rights violations expanded, disgruntled former Biden Justice Department lawyers found their way into the Soros network.
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) represents former DOJ attorney Haley Van Erem and two other former department lawyers turned whistleblowers.
But following the organization representing the former DOJ lawyers leads well beyond a few whistleblower complaints. GAP has spent years building a progressive advocacy infrastructure around whistleblower representation, using its legal and political work to influence Congress, shape media coverage, and recruit federal employees.
And the money trail leads back to a ...
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