Soros-backed prosecutor hit with rebuke after dismissing probe as Trump ‘partisan attacks’: ‘Hey scumbag’
Embattled Soros-backed prosecutor Steve Descano is facing scrutiny again, this time for dismissing a Justice Department probe into allegations that he gave favorable deals to illegal immigrants, calling it one...
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Embattled Soros-backed prosecutor Steve Descano is facing scrutiny again, this time for dismissing a Justice Department probe into allegations that he gave favorable deals to illegal immigrants, calling it one of President Donald Trump’s "partisan attacks." Jennifer Harrison, head of the Victim Rights Reform Council, responded to Fairfax County, Virginia , Commonwealth's Attorney Descano’s claim by writing on X, "Hey scumbag… This has NOTHING to do with President Trump and it’s not going to be the fundraising tool you thought it would - no Soros blood money for you today." The DOJ opened a "pattern or practice" civil rights investigation into Descano last week, examining whether his office violated federal law by weighing "immigration consequences" in charging decisions and plea deals, amid an ongoing spate of violent crime in Fairfax County involving illegal immigrants. Victim Rights Reform Council requested that the DOJ launch an investigation on behalf of Cheryl Minter, whose daughter, Stephanie Minter, was fatally stabbed at a bus stop earlier this year, allegedly by Abdul Jalloh, a 32-year-old illegal immigrant from Sierra Leone. DOJ OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO SOROS-BACKED DA ACCUSED OF SHIELDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CONSEQUENCES Descano responded to the DOJ investigation through spokeswoman Laura Birnbaum, who wrote in a statement that "this investigation is the latest example of the Trump administration’s own ‘pattern or practice’ of misusing the Justice Department to launch partisan attacks." Birnbaum said the "DOJ’s letter announcing the investigation distorts the office’s policy," which she said has "been in place publicly for over five years – and happened to arrive just a week before Commonwealth’s Attorney Descano is set to testify before Congress ." Descano, whose entry into political office was propelled by a massive $627,653 donation from the Soros family's Justice and Public Safety PAC, is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subc…