{"id":3185,"date":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/virginia-man-accused-hitting-congressional-staff-baseball-bat-undergoes-competency-evaluation\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T00:00:00","slug":"virginia-man-accused-hitting-congressional-staff-baseball-bat-undergoes-competency-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gatebizglobal.com\/virginia-man-accused-hitting-congressional-staff-baseball-bat-undergoes-competency-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia man accused of hitting congressional staff with baseball bat undergoes competency evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Fairfax, Virginia<\/a> man facing federal charges for assaulting two congressional staffers in a Virginia office with a baseball bat in May was expected in court on Monday, but is currently undergoing a competency evaluation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Xuan-Kha Tran Pham, 49, was arraigned on May 16 on four counts, including aggravated wounding and malicious aggravated wounding, in the attack at the office of U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va, in Fairfax, and counts of felony destroying property and misdemeanor hate crime for an episode earlier that day when police said he hit a car windshield with a bat and chased a woman after asking if she was white.<\/p>\n Two days later, Pham was charged in federal court<\/a> with assaulting federal employees.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As part of the initial arraignment on May 16, a judge ordered Pham be held without bond pending a preliminary hearing in July.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN’S STAFF MEMBERS ATTACKED BY PERSON WITH BASEBALL BAT, SUSPECT IDENTIFIED <\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n As he continued to hit the woman, an intern on the job attempted to run away when Pham hit her<\/a> in the ribs, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The suspect is then accused of going back to assaulting the outreach director, threatening to kill her.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pham, the affidavit continued, called the district office three times in February, though the staffer who spoke with him said his words were “gibberish about DNA and God.”<\/p>\n