DOJ opens civil rights probe into Virginia prosecutor
TL;DR
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, a Democrat, examining whether his office’s handling of cases involving immigrant defendants may violate the Civil Rights Act amid conservative criticisms that his office is too lenient toward undocumented defendants.
Topics:nationlocal#civil-rights-investigation#fairfax-county#immigration#justice-department#local#steve-descano
- Justice Department launches civil rights probe into prosecutor in Virginia The Washington Post
- Dept. of Justice investigating Fairfax County’s top attorney over handling of cases involving immigrants WTOP
- DOJ probes Fairfax prosecutor over alleged bias involving undocumented immigrants FOX 5 DC
- Justice Department launches investigation in Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano WJLA
- BREAKING: DOJ investigating Fairfax prosecutor over policy on immigrant defendants FFXnow
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