Cartel money has funded the Soros Foundation with over $10 billion.
Posted by Ask Dr. Drew, Checked
- Sources
- 3 context
- Said
- 1 time·
- Confidence
- 30%
Ask Dr. DrewOct 21, 2026
The claim that cartel money funded the Soros Foundation with over $10 billion appears only in the claimant's own words in the Ask Dr. Drew passage, which cannot corroborate it; none of the provided sources addresses cartel funding of Soros or any such $10 billion figure.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… Are these guys involved in all that? You said they're neo trotskyites that. That sort of smells of this. Great instincts. They absolutely are. They have funded Soros to over $10 billion, so a bunch of the Soros money is actually cartel money coming through as he, as he destabilizes these countries. Great instincts. And and you you uhm, I mean, if they're if they actually took 3 trillion, 10 billion is nothing to them. So, so, if how are you staying on top of all this? How did how did you're no longer an agent. …
Ask Dr. Drew · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The only source for the claim is the claimant's own passage, which the instructions bar from serving as evidence.
Context. The AP article reports Soros foundations' total spending topping $15 billion since 1982, a figure about overall giving rather than cartel-sourced money.[1]
Context. Fact-checks in the sources address unrelated Soros funding allegations (Women's March, migrant caravan) and do not examine cartel funding of the foundation.[2][3]
Sources
3 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 not rated
- 1Soros attacks in impeachment saga spark anti-Semitism debateapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Pants on Fire claim that George Soros money went to ...politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3No, this video doesn’t show members of the migrant caravan in Honduras -- and there is no evidence they’re receiving money from George Sorosfactcheck.afp.com · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
Said in 1 published post
Related claims
- George Soros and his son are creating division, artificial protests, migration and election interference.False
- 12 million Texans live under a district attorney funded or supported by George Soros.Can’t tell
- The Soros family is interfering in the Brazilian election.Can’t tell
- Claudia Sheinbaum is a puppet of the cartels.Can’t tell
- The United States government supports the Sinaloa Cartel.False