Prosecutor busts Jim Jordan for secret deposition in Stephen Miller dust-up

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) is harassing a Virginia prosecutor by dragging her into a closed-door deposition—and she's refusing to go quietly, according to a new report. Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, the top prosecutor for Arlington County and Falls Church, is calling out Jordan for subpoenaing her to answer questions about her handling of a protest case involving Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller's home, PunchUp reported Thursday. The catch: Jordan is insisting the deposition happen behind closed doors, despite the prosecutor's repeated offers to answer every question publicly. According to PunchUp’s Tom Latchem, last September, a retired peace studies professor chalked slogans and handed out flyers near Miller's house. Afterward, Miller's wife, Katie, quickly ran straight to Fox News , claiming her family was being "doxxed" and endangered. That has led the Ohio Republican to investigate the prosecutor's office for what was essentially a nuisance complaint that was not backed up by the local police. According to Latchem, "On July 1, he [Jordan] served Dehghani-Tafti with a subpoena compelling her to appear at a deposition—behind closed doors—on July 16. And her camp is livid about the way he’s doing it." "It is disappointing that the Committee is compelling my attendance to a closed-door interview when they know I agreed to appear in an open, public hearing to discuss my office's work and my concerns about the Committee's authority to question it," Dehghani-Tafti told PunchUp. "I have tried everything I could for this matter to be resolved in the light of day, with the transparency the community deserves. I don't know why the Committee is afraid to speak with me in the open." The report notes that in Jordan's letter, "He claims that on the evening of June 29—hours before a scheduled June 30 sit-down—the prosecutor’s lawyer called to say she had 'reneged' on an agreement to appear for a voluntary transcribed interview. Because of that, the letter says the committee had no choice but to resort to 'compulsory process.'" Dehghani-Tafti's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, called the letter nonsensical and claimed no agreement exists for a closed-door deposition before insisting, Jordan and his associates are "too afraid of the answers Ms. Dehghani-Tafti will give before an open and public hearing.”