A retired peace-studies professor who dropped anti-Trump administration flyers around Stephen Miller's Virginia neighborhood won't be hit with state charges. Arlington County Commonwealth's Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti said there's not enough evidence that activist Barbara Wien intended to threaten or harass the White House aide when she helped distribute a leaflet that named his then-home address and labeled him "Wanted for crimes against humanity," per the Washington Post. Pursuing the case, Dehghani-Tafti wrote, would chill "peaceful political protest" and punish constitutionally protected free speech.
The decision caps a yearlong clash that pulled in the Secret Service, FBI, Virginia State Police, and Congress, and that fueled debate over where protest ends and intimidation begins. The Millers moved after the incident, citing safety fears, while GOP Rep. Jim Jordan opened an inquiry into Dehghani-Tafti for alleged "political bias." Miller's wife, Katie, blasted Dehghani-Tafti's decision, tying it to what she called a broader pattern by prosecutors backed by George Soros.
Wien's lawyer, Bradley Haywood, called the dropping of the case "the right thing to do," but he said he remains worried about federal law enforcement being used against critics of this administration. He added, per CBS News: "If you are looking to investigate someone for alleged threats of violence, maybe don't pick a literal professor of peace studies. Barbara's whole career has been in peace studies."
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