<p>Hungarian-born investor and philanthropist George Soros is finally under investigation for his underhanded political scheming in Eastern Europe. ;</p>
<p>This week, conservative ;lawmakers signed a series of letters accusing the billionaire of using his philanthropic organizations to infect Eastern Europe with his liberal sensibilities. ;</p>
<p>As I wrote last month, GOP ;lawmakers pushed for an investigation after Soros was accused of using USAID funds to accomplish his leftwing goals in the Balkans. ;</p>
<p>Several world leaders have made similar accusations. ;</p>
<p>Pro-Russian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban claims the &ldquo;trans-border empire of George Soros&rdquo; is &ldquo;trying secretly and with foreign money to influence Hungarian politics.&rdquo;  ;</p>
<p>Former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski says Soros has a &ldquo;decisive influence&rdquo; on the nation&rsquo;s politics. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;If it were not for George Soros behind it with all the millions he pours into Macedonia, the entire network of NGOs, media, politicians, inside and out &hellip; the economy would be stronger, we would have had more new jobs.&rdquo;  ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;His foundation, in finances and human resources, is the most powerful foundation in the world that has political goals,&rdquo; added Gruevski. ;</p>
<p>These claims drew attention to Soros&rsquo;s questionable behavior, as did the formation of Stop Operation Soros (SOS) &ndash; a Macedonian campaign aimed to fight the liberal financier&#8217;s &ldquo;subversive&rdquo; activities. ;</p>
<p>SOS claims that Soros is &ldquo;organizing protests all throughout the Balkans.&rdquo; The group&rsquo;s president has compared the protests to Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the US. ;</p>
<p>Since 2002, Soros-funded groups in Macedonia have received three large grants from USAID.</p>
<p>One of these grants, in the form of $4.8 million, went to the Foundation Open Society Macedonia (FOSM) in order to fund &ldquo;The Civil Society Project&rdquo; &ndash; an effort that aims &ldquo;to empower Macedonian citizens to hold government accountable.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>This project has involved training hundreds of activists in the &ldquo;use of media instruments.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p><strong>This is federal money we&rsquo;re talking about.</strong></p>
<p>&ldquo;It seems that the US government funded organizations that have taken sides, specifically, the side of the socialists, which is absolutely unacceptable. I think this is illegal and we will examine this case to the fullest extent,&rdquo; argues Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ). ;</p>
<p>Smith and Utah Senator Mike Lee have teamed up with Russian-backed politicians in Eastern Europe to stop Soros and to find out what&#8217;s really going on.</p>
<p>Lee and several other senators sent a letter to Sec. of State Rex Tillerson in which they claim that Soros and his Open Society Foundations are attempting &ldquo;to push a progressive agenda and invigorate the political left.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not supposed to be taking sides,&rdquo; says Smith. &ldquo;There needs to be a top-to-bottom review at the State Department to ensure this kind of aggressive partisanship doesn&#8217;t take place.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>Not everyone in Macedonia appreciates the attention.</p>
<p>Aleksandar Nikoloski, a spokesman for the political party once led by Gruevski, says, &#8220;We have a problem with one foundation and one person, and it&rsquo;s not good that it&rsquo;s being abused in a strategic game that Russia is playing or someone else is playing.&rdquo; ;</p>