Woke LA District Attorney George Gascon sent cops to home of staff prosecutor who blew whistle on his soft-on-crime policies in attempt to intimidate her

A Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office whistleblower said her progressive boss, George Gascón, sent police officers to her home to intimidate her after she revealed a memo about prosecuting street racing crimes.

Deputy District Attorney Tatiana Chahoian said two police officers came to her door to deliver a disciplinary letter after she claimed the district attorney pressured prosecutors not to file charges for street racing, street robbery and reckless driving.

The young prosecutor told it FOX 11 she fears she could lose her job in retaliation for speaking out about a memo from Gascón that said people arrested for reckless driving should not face charges.

Footage from Chahoain’s Ring doorbell camera showed two plainclothes detectives delivering a letter to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office reprimanding her for speaking out.

“I mean, silencing people by threatening them with the police is literally a mob tactic, and I don’t work for the mob,” Chahoian said.

Footage from Chahoain’s Ring doorbell camera showed two plainclothes detectives delivering a letter to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office reprimanding her for speaking out

Chahoain accused progressive prosecutor George Gascón (pictured) of using mob tactics to intimidate her

“We don’t live in a third world country where police are sent to people’s homes to silence them.”

She said it is abnormal for officers to deliver the disciplinary letter and that Gascón sends important messages via email every other time.

“It was a three-page letter telling me that I had lied, telling me that I had violated the policy of Gascón’s office and that I was not given permission before I spoke out, as if I have no right to the First Amendment. to be quiet and meet with my supervisor,” Chahoian said.

“It’s unbelievable that he can take revenge and that I can lose my job, which I worked so hard for, because I said something my boss didn’t like.”

Gascón’s office told FOX 11, “We cannot comment on specific personnel matters. That said, honesty is critical to any prosecutor’s office.”

“Addressing false claims made by district attorney employees or the media is a fundamental responsibility of this office. Failure to do so creates distrust in the important work we do every day, undermining our duty to the public and to justice.”

The policy states that alternatives to criminal sentencing should be considered for those charged with street racing, such as avoiding charging criminal enhancements, which can significantly increase the prison sentence, “which would turn an otherwise immigration-neutral crime into an immigration-harming crime .’

Chahoian said she was “in shock” when she received the memo from the district attorney’s office directing prosecutors not to file street racing charges.

“If we get a case alleging that people were racing, driving recklessly, or people were involved in a street takeover, we would dismiss that charge, which means we decline to prosecute this case, and we would refer it to a hearing in the office,” Chahoian said.

According to Chahoian, suspects would “talk a little bit; it’s like going to the principal’s office, and there are no consequences afterwards.”

“The same behavior we’re talking about here is the same behavior that is killing so many people. “It’s like saying if someone shoots at someone else, and they shoot badly, and they miss, we don’t file charges because nothing happened,” Chahoian said.

Chahoian spoke about a memo from Gascón stating that people arrested for reckless driving and street racing should not face charges

Chahoian said she was “in shock” when she received the memo from the district attorney’s office directing prosecutors not to file street racing charges. She said suspects would instead “talk a little bit”

Gascón, known for his progressive views, is up for re-election on Tuesday and has nearly a dozen challengers seeking to oust the soft-on-crime prosecutor.

He is accused of allowing thousands of cases to pile up, forcing dozens of prosecutors to quit.

Gascón’s “woke” policies have led to public distrust, according to a former LA prosecutor, who said generous plea deals allow criminals to get out of jail without serving a harsh sentence, or allow crimes to go unprosecuted at all .

Gascón is a former San Francisco police chief who won office in Democratic-led Los Angeles in November 2020 as part of a wave of progressive prosecutors elected nationally.

He ran on a platform of criminal justice reform after a summer of unrest following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Los Angeles is a heavily Democratic city known for its progressive politics, but Gascón has faced criticism from business leaders and prosecutors in his own office for policies they saw as ineffective in combating rising crime.