Soros-Backed Prosecutor Let Accused Killer Get Passport and Vanish

Let me tell you about the kind of incompetence that makes your blood boil. A Tajik national acquitted of murder by reason of insanity just walked out of a psychiatric hospital, flew out of Dulles International Airport, and disappeared back to Tajikistan. How did this happen? Simple. Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, a Soros-linked prosecutor with a track record of coddling criminals, didn’t oppose letting this man get a passport first.

Abdulloi Doniyor Toshpulodzoda killed his landlord, Mohammad Hemmatian. The courts found him not guilty by reason of insanity, which meant he was supposed to be confined to the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute in Falls Church. That’s the deal with NGRI verdicts. You’re not walking free. You’re getting treatment under supervision because you’re still dangerous, just not criminally responsible in the traditional sense.

But Descano’s office had other ideas. They didn’t oppose when Toshpulodzoda’s attorney requested what they called an “escorted visit” to Washington to get updated documentation from the Tajik embassy. Think about that for a second. A man who killed someone, who’s been deemed mentally unfit, gets a government-approved field trip to obtain the one document that makes international travel possible.

Former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares didn’t mince words. “A judge said no, Virginia authorities said yes anyway,” he said. The passport request should have been a five-alarm fire. Instead, Fairfax County treated it like a routine administrative matter. They gave him the tools to flee, then acted surprised when he actually fled.

The second community pass came in July. Toshpulodzoda got to stay at an apartment furnished through a Fairfax County program. From there, he made his way to Dulles, boarded a flight to Turkey, then continued on to Dushanbe. Gone. Just like that.

You know what’s maddening? Descano’s office is now claiming they repeatedly opposed his release in annual court hearings, citing public safety concerns. But when it came to the passport, the one thing that made escape possible, they didn’t oppose it. Their spokeswoman said not opposing the embassy visit wasn’t indicative of their position on community release itself. That’s lawyer speak for “we didn’t think this through.”

This isn’t Descano’s first rodeo with controversy. He’s faced criticism for years over how he handles cases involving illegal immigrants and foreign nationals. Fairfax County has become something of a sanctuary jurisdiction, refusing hundreds of ICE transfer requests while handing over just a handful of illegal immigrants. The priorities are clear, and public safety isn’t at the top of the list.

Conservative commentator Mary Katharine Ham asked the question we’re all thinking. “If Descano policies were literally written by illegal immigrant confessed murderers in mental institutions, how would they be different?” It’s a fair point. The system bent over backward to accommodate a man who took another person’s life. Meanwhile, the victim’s family gets to watch their loved one’s killer disappear across the globe.

Virginians for Safe Communities called Fairfax County’s justice system “a joke.” They’re not wrong. When you can be found not guilty by reason of insanity for murder, get approved for a passport, receive a second community pass, and then fly out of the country without anyone stopping you, something has broken down completely.

This speaks to a broader problem with progressive prosecutors backed by George Soros money. They enter office promising reform and end up creating chaos. The focus shifts from protecting law-abiding citizens to protecting criminals from consequences. Traditional notions of justice get replaced with social justice experiments that put communities at risk.

The Department of Justice has opened investigations into Soros-backed district attorneys before, and Descano himself has faced scrutiny for allegedly shielding illegal immigrants from consequences. This case will only add fuel to that fire. When your policies enable a killer to flee the country, you’ve failed at the most basic level.

Limited government doesn’t mean ineffective government. It means government that does its core functions well. Keeping dangerous people confined when a court orders it? That’s basic stuff. Making sure someone found not guilty by reason of insanity doesn’t get the tools to disappear? That’s common sense. Descano’s office failed on both counts, and now Toshpulodzoda is beyond the reach of American justice entirely.

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