During a panel discussion featuring world leaders and philanthropists in New York on Thursday afternoon, Alex Soros said the $23 billion philanthropic organisation he leads would not cave to pressure from President Trump.Soros, the son of billionaire investor and Democratic megadonor George Soros, defiantly told attendees that the organisation had done nothing wrong and would back away from its human rights work “over my dead body,” according to two people who attended the panel who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it was an invitation-only event.The remarks came in response to a question about a report in The New York Times revealing that a senior justice department official had instructed more than a half dozen US attorney’s offices to draft plans to investigate the Open Society Foundations, which was started by George Soros. The targeting of Open Society, a pillar of the philanthropy and progressive worlds, is part of a broader effort by Trump administration to cripple the financial and organisational infrastructure supporting Democrat-aligned causes and candidates.