A Virginia woman is in a whole lot of trouble with the law after she allegedly harassed the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor, Stephen Miller, and his family.
The woman reportedly distributed flyers in their neighborhood that labeled him a "Nazi," causing the Millers to move into military housing for protection.
But wait, you haven't heard the best part. It turns out this woman, Barbara Wien, is a retired university professor of peace studies. Yes, you read that correctly.
According to court documents, Wien allegedly posted fliers in Miller's neighborhood that included not only his address, but also harmful accusations like the one I shared above.
The report, originally reported by The New York Times, read:
In addition to the address, the flier accused Miller of being "wanted for crimes against humanity" and included the slogan, "No Nazis in NOVA," an acronym for Northern Virginia.
The adviser's wife, Katie Miller, who worked in the first President Donald Trump White House, said in the affidavit that Wein allegedly made a threatening gesture towards her. It happened to be one day after Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was killed by an assassin's bullet on the Utah Valley University campus in front of thousands of college kids.
The report noted:
"Mrs. Miller interpreted this gesture to mean, 'I'm watching you,' and perceived it as a threatening act intended to intimidate or harass her," the affidavit said. "Based on the timing, context, and manner of the gesture, the action is being treated as a potential act of intimidation in furtherance of the conduct under investigation."
The Times report went on:
The affidavit also notes that police in Fairfax County acquired a text message that Wien sent to a WhatsApp group in April, where she referred to Miller as "the evil fascist behind family separations and deportation policies," according to the Times. She vowed to "make [Miller's] life hell" by organizing a "Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ) chapter.
"His wife sits their smugly swilling wine on their patio, while her husband orders the arrest of more and more of our Muslim, Arab American, and Hispanic brothers and sisters," Wien wrote, according to the affidavit. "My Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ) chapter in N. Virginia intends to make his life hell. We have set up a carefully vetted Signal group."
Charges have yet to be filed against Wein, but police are investigating the situation to find out whether the professor could be charged with a Commonwealth of Virginia misdemeanor of providing information "with the intent to coerce, intimidate or harass another person," according to the Times.
It was only the latest in alleged threatening actions against one of the top Trump administration officials and his family, as my RedState colleague Streiff reported in his piece, "Threats of Violence Drive Senior Trump Officials Into Housing on Military Bases."
His report detailed the campaign used against Miller and his family by his neighbors, writing:
For weeks before Kirk's death, activists had been protesting the Millers' presence in north Arlington, Virginia. Someone had put up wanted posters in their neighborhood with their home address, denouncing Stephen as a Nazi who had committed "crimes against humanity." A group called Arlington Neighbors United for Humanity warned in an Instagram post: "Your efforts to dismantle our democracy and destroy our social safety net will not be tolerated here." The local protest became a backdrop to the Trump administration's response to Kirk's killing. When Miller, the architect of that response who is known for his inflammatory political rhetoric, announced a legal crackdown on liberal groups, he singled out the tactics that had victimized his family—what he called "organized campaigns of dehumanization, vilification, posting peoples' addresses."
Stephen Miller ended up putting his home in Arlington up for sale on October 16 after radical activists wrote messages in chalk in front of his home, things like "Stephen Miller is destroying democracy," and "no white nationalism." He and his family have since moved into quarters on a military base for safety reasons, as RedState reported.
Miller's move has been followed by other top Trump officials moving out of their Virginia homes into military housing in order to avoid threats from these lunatics.