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Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano Responds to Judiciary Committee Subpoena

The office of Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano told the Daily Signal that it “produced an additional 2,800 pages of documents on Friday” in response to a subpoena from Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. Those records had been demanded by Sept. 25.

In a Sept. 16 letter, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the committee chairman, accused Descano of downplaying the number of cases in which his office “considered immigration consequences” when deciding whether and how to prosecute suspects.

Laura Birnbaum, Descano’s chief of staff, noted the most recent turnover of documents, and shared an earlier statement from his office with the Daily Signal:

“We are disappointed by the Committee’s needless escalation of this matter, part of a partisan siege on Fairfax County residents and their values that does nothing to improve public safety,” her statement said.

“For the last eight months, the Office has engaged in good faith with the House Judiciary........

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