US senators: Probe US meddling, Soros foundation financing

US senators: Probe US meddling, Soros foundation financing

"One such group is USAID (United States Agency for International Development) multi-grant recipient, the George Soros-backed Open Society Foundations. Sen. Lee and his colleagues believe this behavior is unacceptable and must be halted immediately," the statement added.

“Over the past few months, elected officials and political leaders of foreign nations have been coming to me with disappointing news and reports of US activity in their respective countries. This includes reports of diplomats playing political favorites, USAID funds supporting extreme and sometimes violent political activists, and the US government working to marginalize the moderates and conservatives in leadership roles. This sort of political favoritism from our missions around the world is unacceptable and endangers our bilateral relationships," Lee writes.

"The most damaging consequence of the United States weighing in so heavily on one side of the political spectrum abroad is that we ostracize many foreign citizens who have traditionally supported strong relations with the United States. Such division allows aggressive opportunists like Russia space to operate and cause further damage," the statement said, noting that the letter has been signed by US senators James Inhofe, Thom Tills, Ted Cruz, David Perdue, and Bill Cassidy.

The letter mentions Macedonia and Albania specifically, but also uses the term "this volatile region."

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