2026-05-05T13:08:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
一名在白宫顾问斯蒂芬·米勒家外抗议并分发印有其弗吉尼亚州住址传单的活动人士不会面临州指控，此前当地检察官认定她并未犯罪。
在一份长达166页的法庭文件中，阿灵顿和福尔斯彻奇联邦检察官帕里萨·德赫加尼-塔夫蒂表示，她已审查针对芭芭拉·维恩的证据，发现“搜查令所获材料中没有任何内容支持以州法律为由提起刑事诉讼”，该法律将利用他人身份或住址胁迫、恐吓或骚扰的行为定为轻罪。
“提起任何指控既无法实现正义目的，也无法履行联邦政府公平起诉的道德义务，”她写道，并补充称，因抗议特朗普政府政策而起诉她可能还会侵犯她受宪法保护的言论自由权利。
维恩曾是大学教授，是弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的资深政治活动人士，专门从事和平建设工作。自去年8月和9月分发印有米勒头像的“通缉”海报传单，指控其“危害人类罪”后，她就一直处于州调查之中。
这些传单上印有米勒在阿灵顿的住址，还附带一个二维码，呼吁民众敦促国会展开调查。
与此同时，在米勒居住社区分发的另一张传单将米勒称为“特朗普最令人反感的政策、2025计划以及弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿新邻居背后的极右翼极端分子”。
德赫加尼-塔夫蒂在决定不起诉时指出，这张通缉传单“既没有号召在其住所附近采取任何行动，也没有号召观看者对米勒先生采取任何行动”。
“唯一号召的行动是一项传统上明确受保护的政治活动，鼓励居民根据通缉传单中的指控向国会请愿，调查米勒先生的行为，”她写道。
记者未能立即联系到白宫发言人就此决定置评。
维恩的律师布拉德利·海伍德表示，他钦佩德赫加尼-塔夫蒂在文件中认真分析事实和法律的努力。他说，在联邦政府日益针对观点与特朗普政府不一致的政治活动人士的当下，此举至关重要。
“我们的……联邦政府正试图对活动团体提起共谋甚至《反诈骗腐败组织集团犯罪法》（RICO）诉讼，”他告诉哥伦比亚广播公司。
“如果你要调查涉嫌暴力威胁的人，或许不该找一位名副其实的和平研究教授，”他补充道。“芭芭拉的整个职业生涯都致力于和平研究。”
根据法庭文件中引用的国会文件、知情人士和一名曾被联邦调查局约谈的证人透露，维恩还因同一事件接受联邦调查。截至目前，尚未提起联邦指控。
哥伦比亚广播公司此前曾报道，这些事件发生后不久，米勒一家就搬出了他们的住所，搬到了军用住房。
斯蒂芬·米勒的妻子凯蒂·米勒于8月4日向阿灵顿县警察局举报了这些传单，并表示她认为印有他们家庭住址的传单违反了州法律。
大约一个月后，抗议者出现在离米勒家最近的公共十字路口，用人行道粉笔绘制关于移民和跨性别权利等问题的无害政治信息。
凯蒂·米勒还告诉警方，她曾在门廊上看到维恩路过，维恩做出了一个似乎在传达“我在看着你”的手势。
作为州调查的一部分，弗吉尼亚州警察局审查了证据，包括2025年4月从一部与维恩相关的手机发送给一个团体的信息，该信息称斯蒂芬·米勒已搬到该社区，并指责他是“家庭分离和驱逐政策背后的邪恶法西斯分子”。
“我们北弗吉尼亚州的‘为种族正义挺身而出’（SURJ）分会打算让他不得安生。我们已经建立了一个经过严格审查的Signal群组。如果你有兴趣加入我们的运动，请告知我，”该信息写道。
在其他Signal聊天记录中，维恩还就人行道粉笔活动进行沟通，发送了一张写着“有话想对斯蒂芬·米勒说？来（和平地）在他社区的人行道上把它写下来”的图片。
“最初调查的行为无法支撑指控，”周二的法庭文件称。“简而言之，维恩女士不太可能被定罪，她的言论很可能被认定为受宪法保护。”
不起诉维恩的决定可能会引发与众议院共和党人的新紧张关系。自去年以来，众议院共和党人一直要求德赫加尼-塔夫蒂提供调查文件，并指责她“阻碍”针对所谓针对米勒家庭威胁的调查。
一位知情人士告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，米勒曾多次敦促弗吉尼亚州东区美国检察官办公室就此案提起联邦指控。
但据众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹写给德赫加尼-塔夫蒂的一封信以及一位知情人士透露，在联邦治安法官两次驳回联邦调查局获取维恩手机搜查令的申请后，这些努力陷入了停滞。
德赫加尼-塔夫蒂表示，联邦调查人员试图陪同州警察执行搜查令的行为“引发了具体担忧，即联邦当局可能如何参与（并且看起来有可能试图利用联邦、本法院和弗吉尼亚州警察局来推进一项联邦调查——迄今为止，这项调查甚至未能达到最低法律举证标准证明存在不当行为）”。
在联邦调查局和特勤局试图在州警察试图扣押维恩的手机时陪同前往后，一名州法官还单独禁止当地调查人员将从手机中收集的任何数据分享给除联邦检察官办公室之外的任何人。
此后，联邦调查局特工试图约谈此案的几名证人，至少向其中两人表示，他们来访“是基于芭芭拉·维恩的手机通话记录，或者在审查他们的个人手机通话记录后”，法庭文件显示。
德赫加尼-塔夫蒂在文件中写道，她不确定联邦调查局是如何获取手机通话记录的，因为法院已经限制了与该局的数据共享，而州政府的狭义搜查令也未包含与这些手机通话记录或联系人相关的数据。
她补充道，自从得知联邦调查局的约谈情况以来，她一直在试图获取更多关于他们如何获取手机通话记录的信息，但表示联邦调查局和弗吉尼亚州警察局都不愿分享彼此的通信内容。
德赫加尼-塔夫蒂请求法院发布命令，要求州警察销毁从搜查维恩手机中获取的记录。她还请求法院发布命令，要求记录保管人证明这些记录未与任何其他外部机构共享。
Arlington political activist who protested outside Stephen Miller’s home won’t face state charges
2026-05-05T13:08:00-0400 / CBS News
An activist who protested outside the home of White House adviser Stephen Miller and distributed fliers containing his Virginia address will not face state charges, after a local prosecutor determined she did not commit a crime.
In a 166-page court filing, the Arlington and Falls Church Commonwealth Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti said that she had reviewed evidence against Barbara Wien and found there was “nothing in the proceeds of the search warrant supports criminal prosecution” for violations of a state law that criminalizes using someone’s identity or address as a means to coerce, intimidate or harass. Violations of that law constitute a misdemeanor.
“It would neither accomplish the ends of justice nor discharge the Commonwealth’s ethical obligations of fair prosecution to initiate any charges,” she wrote, adding that charging her for protesting against the Trump administration’s policies also would likely violate her constitutionally protected free speech rights.
Wien, a former college professor and longtime political activist in Arlington, Virginia who specializes in peace-building, has been under a state investigation since last year, after she distributed fliers last August and September depicting Miller on a “Wanted” poster for “crimes against humanity.”
The flyers contained his Arlington address, and they also provided a QR code that urged people to demand a congressional investigation.
A second flyer distributed in his neighborhood, meanwhile, referred to Miller as the “alt-right extremist behind Trump’s most abhorrent policies, Project 2025 and your new neighbor in Arlington, Va.”
In making her determination not to bring charges, Dehghani-Tafti noted that the wanted flyer “called neither for any action at or near his residence, nor for any action by the viewer against Mr. Miller.”
“The sole call to action was to a traditionally and clearly protected political activity, encouraging residents to petition Congress to investigate Mr. Miller’s actions based on the wanted flyer’s allegations,” she wrote.
A White House spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment on the decision.
Bradley Haywood, an attorney for Wien, said he admired Dehghani-Taft’s careful effort to analyze the facts and the law in her filing. He said that such a move is important at a time when the federal government has been increasingly targeting political activists whose views do not align with the Trump administration.
“We have a… federal government that is trying to bring conspiracy and even RICO cases against activist groups,” he told CBS.
“If you are looking to investigate someone for alleged threats of violence, maybe don’t pick a literal professor of peace studies,” he added. “Barbara’s whole career has been in peace studies.”
Wien has separately been under a federal investigation in connection with the same incident, according to congressional documentation cited in the court filing, sources familiar with the matter and a witness who was approached by the FBI for an interview. To date, no federal charges have been filed.
Shortly after those incidents, the Miller family moved out of their home and into military housing, CBS previously reported.
Stephen Miller’s wife, Katie Miller, reported the flyers to Arlington County Police Department on August 4, and said she believed the flyer listing their home address violated state law.
About a month later, protesters appeared at the public intersection closest to the Millers’ home and used sidewalk chalk to depict non-threatening political messages about issues such as immigration and transgender rights.
Katie Miller also told police she saw Wien walk by once while she was on her porch, and that Wien made a gesture which seemed to convey “I’m watching you.”
As part of the state investigation, Virginia State Police reviewed evidence, including a message sent in April 2025 from a phone associated with Wien to a group that stated that Stephen Miller had moved to the neighborhood and accused him of being “the evil fascist behind family separation and deportation policies.”
“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. Let me know if you are interested in being a part of our campaign,” the message said.
In other Signal chat messages, Wien also communicated about sidewalk chalk events, sending one image that read: “Got a message for Stephen Miller? Come (peacefully) CHALK IT OUT on the sidewalks of his neighborhood.”
“The conduct initially investigated cannot support a charge,” Tuesday’s court filing said. “In short, Ms. Wien is not likely to be found guilty and her speech is likely to be found to be constitutionally protected.”
The decision not to charge Wien is likely to spark fresh tensions with House Republicans, who since last year have demanded investigative documents from Dehghani-Tafti and accused her of “stymying the investigation” into the alleged threats against the Miller family.
Miller has repeatedly pressed the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia to bring federal charges in the case, a source familiar with the matter told CBS News.
But those efforts faltered after a federal magistrate judge twice rejected the FBI’s attempt to obtain a search warrant for Wien’s phone, according to a letter sent to Dehghani-Tafti from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan and a source familiar with the matter.
Dehghani-Tafti said the efforts by federal investigators to accompany state police on the execution of the search warrant “raised specific concerns regarding how federal authorities may have been involved (and appearing, potentially, to be attempting to use the Commonwealth, this Court, and the VSP to further a federal investigation—that had to date failed to demonstrate wrongdoing by even the lowest of legal standards of proof.)”
After the FBI and Secret Service sought to accompany the state police when officers tried to seize Wien’s cell phone, a state judge also separately prohibited local investigators from sharing any data collected from the phone with anyone, apart from the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office.
Since then, FBI agents have tried to interview several witnesses in the case, telling at least two of them they were visiting, “based on Barbara Wien’s phone logs or, on review of their personal phone logs,” the court filing says.
Dehghani-Tafti wrote in her filing that she was not sure how the FBI could have obtained phone logs, since the court had restricted data sharing with the bureau and the state’s narrow search warrant did not include data pertaining to those phone logs or contacts.
She added that since she learned about the FBI’s interviews, she has tried to obtain more information about how they may have accessed phone logs, but said neither the FBI nor the Virginia State Police have been willing to share their communications with one another.
Dehghani-Tafti asked the court to issue an order telling the state police to destroy the records it obtained from its search of Wien’s phone. She also asked for a court order requiring the custodians of the records to attest that they were not shared with any other outside agency.