{"id":5767,"date":"2005-11-08T09:17:31","date_gmt":"2005-11-08T14:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2005-11-08T09:17:31","modified_gmt":"2005-11-08T14:17:31","slug":"not-random-dc-area-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/not-random-dc-area-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Not random DC-area violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crime in and around the nation’s capitol is, unfortunately, fairly routine. This<\/a> kind of crime is not.<\/p>\n

The FBI and Capitol Police are investigating the vicious attack of a top Senate staffer at her home last week amid concerns that the assault might be related to her work on the Finance Committee.<\/p>\n

Emilia DiSanto, chief investigator for committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), arrived at her suburban Virginia home after work Wednesday about 6:30 p.m. As she was unloading belongings from her car, a 6-foot-1-inch white man dressed in black struck her repeatedly with an unidentified object believed to be a baseball bat.<\/p>\n

After she screamed to her family inside the house, the assailant fled. DiSanto was transported to Inova Fair Oaks Hospital, where she was treated for significant upper-body injuries. Nine staples were needed to close her head wound.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Violent crime in DiSanto’s community is unusual. This also wasn’t some kind of robbery-gone-awry; The Hill’s article said the assailant “did not make any demands before attacking the 49-year-old staffer.”<\/p>\n

If DiSanto was attacked for her work as a Senate investigator for Sen. Grassley, what’s the area of interest that might have prompted this assault?<\/p>\n

Over the past year, [Grassley] has scrutinized healthcare fraud, organ-donation procedures used by hospitals, drug-safety matters and the use of nonprofit groups related to former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The FBI is investigating and local police are treating the attack as an attempted homicide.<\/p>\n

And not incidentally, DiSanto has reported back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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