A political motion committee run by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Monday blamed soft-on-crime leaders and prosecutors in Washington for the assault at gunpoint final week of a GOP congressional staffer.

The Protecting Americans Action Fund mentioned the assault on the staffer outdoors the annual charity Congressional Baseball Game was a symptom of unchecked violent crime below metropolis leaders.

“Soft-on-crime prosecutors and leaders are responsible for this uptick in violence when they should be prioritizing the safety of their communities,” former New York Rep. John Faso, a member of the PAC’s board, mentioned in a press release.

He warned that town’s “far-left liberal leaders” haven't taken steps to guard elected officers, employees and vacationers from criminals within the District of Columbia. 

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, a Democrat, didn't reply to a request for remark. 

Protecting Americans Action Fund was shaped to assist elect conservative prosecutors throughout the nation and counter the efforts of teams linked to billionaire far-left activist George Soros to elect liberal prosecutors.

Mr. Miyares serves because the group’s chairman. Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr joined the group as a board member in April.

The motion fund weighed in on the Districts crime wave after a staffer Rep. Brad Finstad, Minnesota Republican, was assaulted at gunpoint after the charity sport at Nationals Park. 

The staffer was strolling dwelling round 3 a.m. on June 15 when two males carrying black hoodies pushed him to the bottom and pointed a handgun at him.

He instructed police that he ran away from the attackers with out surrendering any of his belongings, in accordance with the police report.

Mr. Finstad mentioned the staffer had minor bodily accidents and would make a full restoration. He additionally mentioned that anti-police and soft-on-crime insurance policies in Washington and across the nation have empowered legal conduct. 

“It’s time we started treating criminals like criminals and bring back commonsense policies that imprison career criminals, keep the public safe, and allow our police officers to adequately protect our communities and keep violent criminals off the streets,” he mentioned Friday in a press release.

Violent crimes elevated by 21% since final 12 months within the District, in accordance with information from the Metropolitan Police Department. Overall crime, which incorporates a number of sorts of violent and property crimes, elevated by 28%. 

The assault on the staffer was not the primary occasion of violent crimes in opposition to Capitol Hill lawmakers and employees this 12 months.

An aide in Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, was stabbed within the metropolis in March. District resident and ex-con Glynn Neal, 42, was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill following the assault.

In one other case, Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota was assaulted within the elevator of her D.C. condominium constructing in February. Kendrid Khalil Hamlin, 27, pleaded responsible in June to assaulting a member of Congress. He additionally pled responsible to assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department detective and officer on the identical day.

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