Fairfax County, Va., commonwealth's attorney Steve Descano (D.) / X Virginia man Ronnie Reel was facing life in prison after he told police that he sexually abused an 11-year-old boy. A mishap from Soros-backed prosecutor Steve Descano landed him a cushy plea deal—and now, under a new Virginia law, Reel could be eligible to permanently conceal the offense from public view, our Jessica Schwalb reports. Former Democratic governor Ralph Northam signed the so-called clean slate law in 2021, and it went into effect on Wednesday. It automatically seals the records of some misdemeanor crimes like disorderly conduct if the offender isn’t convicted of another offense after seven years. Ex-convicts can also ask the court to seal more serious misdemeanors and felonies after a decade. Once the records are sealed, landlords, employers, and others conducting background checks no longer have access to them. Reel’s case is an example of how the law, combined with the soft-on-crime approach of prosecutors like Descano, has the potential to benefit heinous criminals. There was more than enough evidence to convict Reel of aggravated sexual battery against a minor in 2022. But Descano missed a deadline to turn in a recording in which Reel copped to the crime, prompting a judge to bar it from trial. As a result, Reel received a deal that allowed him to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and was not required to register as a sex offender. If he is not convicted of another crime by September 2029, he will be eligible to apply to conceal his conviction from his record. Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund policy director Sean Kennedy argued that the law “keeps the public in the dark about the failings of courts and prosecutors to prevent dangerous offenders from re-victimizing the community.” “If an offender … received an inadequate sentence, the judges and the prosecutors get to erase that from the record,” he said. “If they commit some new and horrible crime, the media and the public will be none the wiser that the criminal justice system abetted that criminal’s future offenses.” READ MORE: How Virginia’s New Clean Slate Law—and a Soros Prosecutor’s Mishaps—Could Hide Admitted Child Molester’s Criminal Case Elsewhere: And then there were two: Michigan state lawmaker Mallory McMorrow is ending her Senate campaign, the Detroit News scooped, a move that turns the contentious Democratic primary into a two-way race between the left-wing insurgent Abdul El-Sayed and congresswoman Haley Stevens. El-Sayed, who told staffers he wanted to avoid making a public statement about the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because “there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad” about his death, is the polling favorite. We hope you had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Paul Pelosi did not. The husband of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) reportedly crashed into a parked car in Napa County, Calif., before fleeing the scene. The local sheriff’s office said it was referring the case to prosecutors. Paul Pelosi will be familiar with the process, since he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and crashing his car in 2022. Arizona senator Ruben Gallego is facing a Justice Department investigation for suspected campaign finance violations after the Democrat and longtime Eric Swalwell wingman spent loads of campaign cash on lavish family trips, including to Disneyland. But he doesn’t appear to be changing his ways: Gallego is set to headline an upcoming Disneyland donor retreat for California congressman Lou Correa, and his campaign did not provide a straight answer when Politico asked whether he plans to bring his family and charge his campaign. Gallego has argued that his use of campaign funds as a personal piggybank is normal and legal. Other congressional Democrats are undermining his defense. Fellow Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva, for example, told Politico that she’s using her own money to attend Correa’s retreat alongside her husband and children. “No campaign funds will be used,” her spokesman said. The New York Times published a piece over the weekend lamenting that, under President Donald Trump, “federal agencies are abandoning discrimination cases.” Its top example is a black man who sued the federal government after the convenience store chain Sheetz fired him over a felony drug conviction that came up during a criminal background check, only to see the Trump administration drop his case. The Times conceded that the conviction—rather than his race—prompted the firing, describing the case as one in which “companies are scrutinized not for intentional discrimination, but for having policies that have an unintentional ‘disparate impact’ on minority applicants.” Check out our full Monday lineup below. GOP Primary Voters Remain Deeply Supportive of Israel, Poll Finds Iowa’s Josh Turek, Self-Described ‘Common-Sense Moderate Democrat,’ Voted To Protect Race-Based DEI Programs in Iowa Schools How Virginia’s New Clean Slate Law—and a Soros Prosecutor’s Mishaps—Could Hide Admitted Child Molester’s Criminal Case Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts. Subscribed