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But Minneapolis was different.
“I believe many of the most aggressive and unlawful actors targeting ICE are not organic protesters, but are being financed by shadowy interests that benefit from chaos and confrontation,” Swart told Fox News.
In other words, what’s happening isn’t genuine grassroots outrage—it’s a well-funded, coordinated operation.
Swart’s team rejected millions of dollars last year for similar anti-Trump protests, and this time he didn’t even consider Minneapolis.
“We would not touch the Minneapolis protests with a 10-foot pole,” he said.
The tactics on display—blocking roads, obstructing federal agents, threatening authorities—violate every standard his company maintains.
“Blocking roadways, obstructing federal agents, and threatening authorities are illegal, and we don’t engage in any form of illegal protest,” Swart explained.
Consider this: the man whose business revolves around orchestrating fake grassroots movements calls Minneapolis protests so blatantly criminal that participating would ruin his reputation. This is not a political opinion—it’s a professional assessment.
While Swart refused the assignment, other groups stepped in. Investigations have traced funding for Minneapolis anti-ICE organizations to George Soros and allied dark money networks.
The Indivisible Twin Cities, which claims to be a grassroots volunteer group, receives backing from the Soros-linked Open Society Foundations, totaling $7.6 million to $9.5 million, plus another $3 million via Tides Nexus.
Other groups, like States at the Core, provide “ICE Watch” training to teach neighbors to monitor federal operations, funded through the Hopewell Fund, which channels money from the Wyss Foundation, Omidyar Network, Rockefeller philanthropies, and Soros.
Even groups like the Sunrise Movement and Unidos are running coordinated operations targeting ICE agents, financed by multimillion-dollar donations from Open Society, Ford Foundation, and other leftist philanthropies.
Swart explained a deadly pattern now under FBI scrutiny. “When anti-ICE activists threaten agents personally, doxx their families, and use their cars to impede them, those actions cause agents to act more aggressively. ICE acting aggressively in turn causes people to act more aggressively toward ICE, perpetuating the cycle.”
Tragically, two Americans are already dead because of this feedback loop. Renee Good drove into an ICE agent after attempting to trap federal vehicles, following ICE Watch tactics funded by these organizations. Alex Pretti was shot days after Minneapolis staged its first general strike in 80 years—an event linked to the same Soros-backed networks.
Senator Josh Hawley and Congressman Kevin Kiley have launched investigations into the funding sources. FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed agents are “investigating paid protest campaigns throughout the country including organizers, protesters and funding sources that drive illicit activities.”
The central legal question now: Do these operations constitute organized crime under RICO statutes?
Unlike previous Soros-backed efforts, Minneapolis is unique: a professional protest CEO publicly says the tactics are so illegal his company refused to participate. That’s not conjecture. That’s expertise from someone who knows the protest business inside and out.
Through hidden fiscal sponsorships and pass-through organizations, dark money funds street-level chaos designed to intimidate and obstruct federal law enforcement. Adam Swart built his career teaching groups how to manufacture outrage. Now, he warns America: Minneapolis isn’t spontaneous protest—it’s a professional, funded operation with real body counts.
