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The Virginia man arrested on Monday for assaulting a Democratic congressman’s staff with an aluminum bat was arrested just last year for attacking two police officers, but he was put back on the streets by a George Soros-backed prosecutor after he completed a mental health treatment program.
Fairfax City Police on Monday arrested 49-year-old Xuan Kha Tran Pham after he attacked two of Rep. Gerry Connolly’s (D., Va.) staffers with a baseball bat. Pham was already on law enforcement’s radar—in January 2022, he attacked two local police officers, stealing at least one officer’s stun gun in the process. Fairfax County commonwealth’s attorney Steve Descano (D.) dropped all charges against Pham, which included resisting arrest and assault on law enforcement, after determining the man had satisfactorily completed an alternative to detention treatment program.
“The original incident stemmed from a mental health crisis and charges were [dropped] as part of an agreement that ensured the defendant was receiving mental health services and complying with treatment,” Descano told ABC7.
