Hungary’s Orban vows probe into US-funded ‘Pseudo-Civil’ organisations. Orban claims funds have been used to \”buy journalists, judges and prosecutors, politicians, foundations, bureaucrats\” He pledged that his government would \”urgently create the constitutional and legal conditions\” necessary to prevent pseudo-civil organisations from serving foreign interests in Hungary, adding that legal amendments could be enacted by Easter. The initiative aims to safeguard national interests and prevent external forces from interfering in Hungary’s political affairs. The head of the ruling Fidesz party’s Budapest chapter confirmed in a Facebook post that Hungary will send a government commissioner to the US to \”uncover the Hungarian agents\” who have received funding from USAID. \”Enough with serving foreign. interests and the Brussels-based and Soros networks,\” she wrote. The investigation is expected to be completed by the end of the year, according to Orban’s office. The probe is being led by a former US ambassador to Hungary, who has been in charge of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) since 2008.
