In the early months of 2024, Miriam Krinsky, a progressive activist and the founder of Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP), was at the pinnacle of her career.
Backed by the Soros-funded FJP, she was instrumental in supporting the operations of a nationwide surge of progressive prosecutors elected in the late 2010s and early 2020s. However, her career took a dramatic turn when accusations of racism were leveled against her by her own staff, as revealed by emails obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
FJP, a beneficiary of the Open Society Foundations, a philanthropic organization financed by billionaire George Soros, was pivotal in supporting elected progressive prosecutors under Krinsky's leadership from 2017 to 2024.
The organization funded fellows to staff these offices, covered the expenses for prosecutors to travel to Europe for insights on "drug decriminalization," and developed training modules to aid prosecutors in addressing "systemic injustices" within the criminal justice system, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
Krinsky's resignation in September 2024, which FJP attributed to her wish to "spend more time with her family," was a precursor to the impending electoral debacle for the group's roster of elected progressive prosecutors. Several of these prosecutors, including former Los Angeles district attorney George Gascn, were among the 12 out of 25 Soros-backed prosecutors who either lost their elections or faced successful recalls in the November ballot.
The downfall of the former FJP leader began on April 23, 2024, when an anonymous group of her employees sent a message to the personal and work emails of 13 progressive prosecutors within the organization's network. The employees accused Krinsky of making their black female colleagues "feel oppressed, slighted, and discriminated against," without detailing any specific incidents.
"Many White staff who have not personally experienced this ugly behavior have witnessed these transgressions by Miriam," the employees wrote to the elected prosecutors, including Gascn and former Cook County, Illinois, district attorney Kim Foxx. "She is either unreachable in denial or willful in defiance."
The employees further stated, "Since FJP struggles with transparency and truth, clarity is called for: staff dont want to meet with Miriam to discuss the problem. Miriam IS the problem."
The emails, initially obtained by the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund as part of an upcoming investigation into undue donor influence on progressive prosecutors, reveal a candid exchange between FJP and elected district attorneys.
The FJP employees included a message from a black female district attorney who identified herself as one of "the OGs" and accused Krinsky of relegating her to "2nd tier status" during the groups events with elected prosecutors.
"I am incredibly disturbed at the diversity that has exited the room," the prosecutor, whose name was redacted by the FJP employees, wrote to the group on April 2, 2024. "So candidly, being removed from the conversation without even a discussionwhile I have watched other elected that entered this space with me remain is nothing short of insulting and a slap in the face to those of us that have been leaning into this work for 8 years."
Krinsky denied the allegations after one of the prosecutors, Albemarle County Commonwealth attorney James Hingeley of Virginia, wrote to her expressing his dismay "that FJP is experiencing such discord." In her response to Hingeley, Krinsky claimed that the majority of her staff did not perceive her as a racist, stating that most of her employees were disappointed that someone chose to expose their internal issues to their external "stakeholders."
However, on September 20, Krinsky announced her resignation from FJP.
"I feel that this is a good time to move on, while also devoting more time to my family," she wrote in an email to the elected prosecutors in her network.
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