Virginia Attorney ‘Stymied’ Probe Into Threats Against Trump Adviser: Republican Congressman

By Zak Failla From Daily Voice

Virginia prosecutor accused of blocking investigators in case tied to threats against Trump adviser Stephen Miller — Congress wants answers.

A high-profile Northern Virginia prosecutor is facing intense scrutiny from Congress after House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan accused her of undermining an investigation into threats made against former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller and his family.

In a sharply worded letter sent this week, Jordan claimed Arlington County and Falls Church Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti “stymied the investigation” into an incident where a local activist posted flyers in the Millers’ Arlington neighborhood that showed Miller’s face and listed his home address.

According to Jordan, the September 2025 incident began when activist Barbara Wien allegedly walked through the neighborhood posting the flyers and, at one point, “attempted to intimidate his wife, who was sitting on the front porch, by indicating she was watching the Miller family.” 

Jordan cited reporting that the FBI determined Wien likely violated state and federal anti-doxing laws, prompting investigators to seek a search warrant for her phone.

The effort quickly became a political flashpoint.

Jordan wrote that US Magistrate Judge Lindsey Vaala, who previously donated to Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s presidential campaigns, denied the FBI’s first warrant request. 

The FBI tried again after investigators said Wien “misled” them in an Oct. 1 interview — and Vaala denied the second request as well.

State police then obtained a warrant from a Virginia judge.

But according to Jordan’s letter, the dispute escalated the next day, Oct. 2, when Dehghani-Tafti allegedly made “an unusual request” in Arlington County court by siding with the defense in asking the judge to limit what state police could share with the FBI. 

The judge agreed.

Jordan said that investigators described Dehghani-Tafti as “stymying the investigation” into threats made toward the Miller family.

The chairman also tied his inquiry to broader political concerns, accusing the prosecutor of supporting the activist group Arlington Neighbors United for Humanity (ANUFH) — a group Wien belongs to and one whose Instagram account was linked via QR code on the flyers. 

Jordan claimed ANUFH has previously left “threatening chalk messages” outside the Millers’ home and praised Antifa.

“Your unmistakably partisan actions suggest that you are willing to not only ignore threats of political violence against those with whom you disagree, but will actively side with those making the threats,” Jordan wrote.

He added that the Millers “deserve the same protections afforded to all Americans, particularly when it comes to feeling safe in their own home,” referencing what he called a rise in “left-wing political violence against prominent Republicans.”

Jordan demanded Dehghani-Tafti turn over wide-ranging records — including communications with police, state agencies, the FBI, Wien, her attorneys, and ANUFH — by 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27.

The letter makes clear that the Judiciary Committee views the matter as part of a broader investigation into what it describes as “politically motivated prosecutorial actions” by local and state prosecutors. 

Dehghani-Tafti, one of Northern Virginia’s most progressive prosecutors, has long been a target of Republicans in Richmond and Washington.

Her office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.