Jim Jordan targets Arlington prosecutor in Stephen Miller doxing case

The Republican chair of the House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed a progressive prosecutor in Northern Virginia over how she handled the alleged doxing of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.

 

Why it matters: Rep. Jim Jordan's decision to involve Congress marks a new escalation in a politically charged incident that pitted MAGA Republicans in D.C. against Democrat-aligned justice officials in the liberal enclave of Arlington County.

 

Zoom in: Jordan (R-Ohio) on Friday subpoenaed Arlington's top local prosecutor, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, for a raft of documents and communications concerning the way she handled Miller's alleged doxing last year.

• At the center of the incident is Barbara Wien, a 66-year-old retiree who posted flyers of Miller's face along with his home address around his Arlington neighborhood last Sept. 11, Axios previously reported.

The intrigue: Jordan and Miller, one of Trump's longest-serving advisers, accused Deghani-Tafti of impeding the case when, as prosecutor, she appeared to make the unusual move of siding with Wien's defense in calling for limits on an FBI search warrant.

• The state judge agreed, amending the warrant and limiting the information shared with the FBI.

What they're saying: "The appearance that you have allowed your political bias to influence an investigation involving a senior Trump administration official gives rise to substantial federal concerns," Jordan wrote to Deghani-Tafti in November, when he first requested the documents.

• Jordan's subpoena demands the files by April 7.

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The backstory: According to court records and a previous interview with Miller and his wife, podcaster Katie Miller, Wien was posting flyers in their neighborhood that said: "NO NAZIS IN NOVA."

• That day, Wien walked by the Millers' home, made eye contact with Katie Miller, and made an "I'm watching you" gesture with her fingers, according to a Secret Service surveillance video clip.
• The timing of the encounter — 24 hours after the assassination of conservative activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk — led prosecutors to pursue an investigation into Wien on doxing violations, based on Virginia law and a federal statute.
• The FBI wanted to search Wien's phone, but got rebuffed by a federal judge. Virginia State Police instead secured a warrant from a local judge. 

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