A North Virginia prosecutor backed by George Soros, is under fire for hiring a registered sex offender to work in her office.
The offender briefly served as a paralegal in Loudoun County commonwealth’s attorney Buta Biberaj’s (D.) office. He was dismissed from the post only after his probation officer made inquiries about his employment status with Biberaj’s office.
“I was kind of surprised how quickly the process went,” the unidentified offender said in an interview. “And I was expecting there to be the background check, of course. I mean, everybody does a background check these days.”
The sex offender’s home was raided in late 2013 and 600 images+ of child pornography was found. The materials showed children engaging in sexually explicit behaviors and in some cases ‘depicted children involved in sadistic conduct’. Some of the children appeared to be kidnapped and were trafficking victims being raped and beaten.
The offender, who briefly had access to a wide range of case files during his tenure with Biberaj, pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography, which carries a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release.
Biberaj is already facing heat from fellow Democrats for her handling of domestic abuse cases. A former career prosecutor alerted local leaders to Biberaj’s progressive prosecutorial practices and warned that she is a threat to public safety. The prosecutor, Jason Faw, highlighted lenient sentences Biberaj’s staff helped arrange in three child endangerment and domestic abuse cases during those consultations.
Speaking at a March budget session, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors chair Phyllis Randall (D.) said shelters and county agency officials have privately expressed concern that Biberaj isn’t doing enough for victims of domestic violence.
“Since Biberaj came into this office, the number of victims, and I mean domestic violence victims, who have reached out to us has been bloodcurdling,” Randall said.
Soros’s Justice and Public Safety PAC donated $659,000 to Biberaj’s 2019 campaign for commonwealth’s attorney.
