EXCLUSIVE: Chip Roy Shines Light On Soros-Backed DA’s Kid Gloves Treatment Of Violent Criminals

Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy is holding a George Soros-backed district attorney’s feet to the fire after obtaining internal guidance that suggests the liberal prosecutor is taking it easy on criminals.

Travis County, Texas, has become more “dangerous, unjust, and anarchic” since Travis County District Attorney (TCDA) Jose Garza entered office in 2021, according to a letter penned by Roy and first obtained by the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. The Texas congressman argues that Garza is not only overseeing a massive dismissal of charges against criminals, but is also specifically directing staff to treat dangerous individuals with kid gloves.

“I have concerns with how the TCDA under your watch is addressing public order broadly in Travis County,” Roy stated to Garza in the letter.

“The police are debilitated and demoralized, victims are discarded and disrespected, and justice is often delayed or denied,” Roy continued. “The purpose of a prosecutor is to ensure that criminality is punished sufficiently to prevent its repetition, and it should be a primary goal of your office to decrease recidivism, not incentivize it.”

A spokesperson for Garza did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.

The TCDA dismissed or rejected around 12,700 felony charges — over 3,600 of which were violent, sexual or weapons-related offenses — during Garza’s first two years in office, according to Roy’s letter. Property-related offenses, such as burglaries, more than doubled during Garza’s tenure, soaring from 573 reported offenses in 2020 to 1,175 in 2025, marking a 105% increase.

Garza has long been accused of taking a soft-on-crime approach by his critics, such as when local victims and their family members held