Stephanie Minter was stabbed to death at a Fairfax County bus stop by an illegal alien her prosecutor had released – again.
The man who kept releasing him was sitting in a congressional hearing room Thursday, two seats from Stephanie's mother.
Jim Jordan had one question, and Steve Descano's answer just handed the Department of Justice everything it needed.
Soros-Backed Fairfax DA Steve Descano Deleted His Website and Called Voters Obtuse for Noticing
For six years, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano's campaign website told voters exactly who he was.
The Virginia DA is one of a growing number of prosecutors backed by globalist billionaire George Soros.
"Wherever possible, Steve will make charging and plea decisions that limit or avoid immigration consequences," the page read.
It also said that deporting someone for a crime while an American citizen faces only jail time is "a perversion of justice."
That language sat on his site from his 2019 election through early 2026 – until the House Judiciary Committee sent him a letter demanding he come testify.
Then it disappeared.
Jim Jordan went straight at it Thursday before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement.
"Mr. Descano, why'd you change your website?" Jordan demanded.
Descano said the page was a "campaign statement" – not actual policy.
"I think the voters might be interested in that," Jordan replied.
Descano dug deeper, insisting that voters who expected his campaign promises to become office policy were "obtuse."
His own supporters in the hearing room gasped.
"This is almost laughable," Jordan said. "This is your policy. You said it right here. You told the voters, if you elect me, I will take into account immigration consequences when making charging and plea decisions."
Descano changed his answer three more times without ever explaining why the website was edited the week after Congress called him in.
Stephanie Minter and the ICE Detainers Steve Descano Kept Ignoring
Marvin Morales-Ortez had a criminal record stretching back to 2020 – seven charges in Fairfax County alone, including assaulting law enforcement.
Descano's office dropped the charges on December 16.
An ICE detainer was ignored.
On December 17, Morales-Ortez allegedly shot and killed a man in Reston, Virginia.
ICE confirmed it: "Fairfax County failed the victim by refusing to work with ICE and releasing this criminal alien onto Virginia streets instead of safely into ICE custody."
Abdul Jalloh's file was worse.
The Sierra Leone national entered the country illegally under Obama in 2012 and received a final deportation order in 2020 – which was never enforced.
Fairfax County police warned Descano's office repeatedly that Jalloh was dangerous.
One officer put it in writing: it was "not a question of if, but rather when he will maliciously wound or worse again."
Jalloh had 30 arrests – rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft.
Descano dropped the charges on multiple occasions.
In February, Jalloh allegedly stabbed Stephanie Minter to death while she waited for a bus in the Hybla Valley section of Fairfax.
Cheryl Minter sat two seats from Descano for the entire hearing.
Former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares testified alongside Descano and closed with the line that ended any remaining defense: "This is not incompetence. This is not coincidence. This is policy."
Harmeet Dhillon Opens DOJ Civil Rights Investigation Into Soros DA Sanctuary Policies
The Department of Justice opened a civil rights investigation into Descano eight days before Thursday's hearing.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced the probe, saying the Civil Rights Division will examine whether Descano's office "discriminated against United States citizens by offering preferential treatment only to illegal alien criminal defendants."
The investigation covers plea bargaining, charging decisions, and sentencing – the entire prosecution pipeline.
Dhillon put it plainly: "Under my leadership, the Civil Rights Division will not allow local prosecutors to pick and choose winners based on their immigration status."
By 2026, illegal aliens accounted for 75 percent of murder suspects arrested in Fairfax County.
Three of the four active murder investigations in the county at one point this year involved illegal alien suspects, according to DHS.
Jason Johnson of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund – the group that first flagged Descano to DOJ – told the Daily Caller the investigation matters far beyond Fairfax.
Other Soros-backed prosecutors across the country are running the same playbook.
Any consent decree or policy change negotiated in Fairfax becomes the legal template DOJ uses against every one of them.
Descano got $627,653 from the Soros family's Justice and Public Safety PAC to win his 2019 election.
He kept the money flowing and the charges dropping.
Cheryl Minter had to watch him testify on Thursday that he didn't know what his own website said.
Sources:
- Charles Creitz, "Jordan grills Soros-backed DA Descano in heated spat over soft-on-crime policy," Fox News, May 14, 2026.
- Dmitri Bolt, "Jim Jordan Torches Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Over Quiet Website Change on Immigration Policy," Townhall, May 14, 2026.
- Mary Margaret Olohan, "Progressive Prosecutor Says Voters Are 'Obtuse' If They Expect Him To Keep Campaign Promises," Daily Caller, May 14, 2026.
- Mary Margaret Olohan, "Inside The Case Against The Prosecutor Accused Of Putting Criminal Illegals First," Daily Caller, May 14, 2026.
- Teri Christoph, "Jim Jordan Brings Flamethrower to Capitol Hill Showdown With Sanctuary City DA Descano," RedState, May 14, 2026.
- Craig Bannister, "DOJ Launches Investigation of Va. Atty. Descano's Preferential Treatment of Criminal Illegals," Newsbusters, May 6, 2026.
- "Fairfax County Prosecutor Descano Faces DOJ Civil Rights Probe," Fox News, May 11, 2026.
