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- ↑ "Summer Stephan unanimous pick to be San Diego County's interim district attorney". San Diego Union-Tribune. June 21, 2017.
- ↑ Weill, Kelly (2021-12-16). "Prosecutor Going After Antifa Peddled Antisemitic George Soros Conspiracies". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ↑ Stone, Ken (2018-10-30). "District Attorney Stephan, at Anti-Hate Vigil, Silent on Her Anti-Soros Site". Times of San Diego. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ↑ "Big-money Soros contributions change prosecutor campaigns". CBS8. Sacramento, CA. May 15, 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ↑ "Column: DA Stephan quits GOP, saying her voter registration became a burden on the job". San Diego Union-Tribune. October 11, 2019.