Meet Herb Sandler: The Mysterious Leftist Billionaire Responsible for Bankrolling the Lawfare Superstructure

https://www.breitbart.com/ ^ | 26 Aug 2025 | Alexander Marlow

[bitt]

While researching Breaking the Law: Exposing the Weaponization of America’s Legal System Against Donald Trump, I uncovered a list of billionaire “philanthropists” who were using their immense wealth to fund the lawfare superstructure.

Some are familiar to this audience, like George Soros and Reid Hoffman, but others are likely unknown to you. I summarize some key findings here.

One name that was new to me prior to beginning work on Breaking the Law was Herb Sandler. (Sandler and Soros collaborate, as I explain below.)

I did a long interview with Dr. Michael Savage for his podcast, which just appeared on his Newsmax television show, where he specifically wanted to zero in on Sandler and the Sandler Foundation.

Here is what you need to know about Herb Sandler:

In recent years, no one has done more to weaponize fake news against conservative jurists than ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit largely funded by the Sandler Foundation, which was founded by late leftist banking magnate and billionaire Herb Sandler. Sandler was one of the pioneers of using the veneer of philanthropy to fund activist organizations.

Herb Sandler built a fortune through Golden West Financial Corporation (which operated branches as World Savings Bank). It was, at one time, the second-largest savings and loan association in the United States and thrived for decades partially by selling “Pick-a-Pay” loans, a type of ARM designed to give borrowers flexibility in their payments. These types of loans drew heavy criticism and are widely considered “predatory.”

The Pick-a-Pay criticism ramped up substantially after the 2008 financial crisis, which happened to be just after Sandler cashed out, selling Golden West to Wachovia for over $25 billion in 2006 (Herb and his wife Marion would have bagged about ten percent of that). Wachovia factored significantly into the 2008 financial crisis

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2007; 2008; alexandermarlow; breitbart; domesticenemies; donate2freerepublic; georgesoros; goldenwest; herbsandler; lawfare; magapac; nowdoelonmusk; propublica; reidhoffman; wachovia; watchoverya

[bitt]

[proxy_user]

He sold Golden West to Wachovia Bank for $25 billion in 2006. Golden West was one of the leaders in subprime mortgages, so unloading it before the crash was a rather shrewd move.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Another Kapo.

[GOPJ]

Rich people need to give their money to their kids, realatives or offer a lottery and give it away in $10,000 ‘chunks.. to people in their city or state... and stop setting up ‘foundations’ and ‘nonprofits’. Their actions steal the power of votes from everyday citizens.

[lee martell]

The bigger they are, the harder they work at bribing and blackmailing. Everyone walking the earth right now, has some kind of Achilles Heel to protect.

[Openurmind]

“Another Kapo.”

Careful... Everyone from that heritage has absolute immunity from any and all scrutiny of any kind...

But you are right...

[Ken522]

Herb Sandler looks a little like Woody Allen ...

[Flavious_Maximus]

I call them Bolsheviks.

[j.havenfarm]

Well at least he’s dead, so there’s something positive

[thegagline]

George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and Herb Sandler. I’m sure it’s just another coincidence …

[madprof98]

So that’s where ProPublica came from! I see posts from it regularly, every one of them slickly composed and deceptive from start to finish.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Ciaphas Cain]

He looks a lot like Herb. Remember Herb? The one man who had never had a Burger King Whopper (and subject of one of the worst ad campaigns of all time)?

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting.

[Openurmind]

The sheer number of “coincidences” is outstanding... There seems to be quite a pattern...