Massachusetts man indicted for repeated calls, texts to Stephen Miller's wife

Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a Massachusetts man with cyberstalking the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, accusing him of repeatedly calling and ⁠texting her and sending ⁠vulgar messages to her and her parents.

Federal prosecutors in Boston secured an indictment charging John Anthony Proia III, 41, with cyberstalking a former political adviser ⁠and prominent figure in the Republican Party who is married to a high-level official.

The indictment did not identify the alleged victim by name. A person familiar with the matter confirmed she is Katie Miller, a conservative podcaster who is married to Stephen Miller, one of President Donald Trump's closest advisers.

"This behavior is criminal and will be treated as it should - with ⁠prosecution!" ⁠US Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote in a social media post on X.

Katie Miller reposted Blanche's message and thanked him.

A lawyer for Proia, of Waltham, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The investigation became public after two counterterrorism officials at the FBI's Washington Field Office were demoted and reassigned to lesser ⁠positions in the agency's Washington headquarters over issues related to the inquiry, sources familiar with the matter said.

Prosecutors said that from August 3 to September 23, Proia used multiple phone numbers to contact his alleged victim, often using expletives and speaking in a "menacing tone."

Prosecutors said he also sent ⁠text ‌messages ‌to phone numbers associated with Katie Miller's ⁠parents, including ones describing her husband ‌as "evil" and a "Jewish Nazi/white supremacist."

"As alleged in the Indictment, the defendant repeatedly and relentlessly targeted the ⁠victim, her husband and her family with ⁠deeply disturbing communications that profoundly disrupted their lives," US ⁠Attorney Leah Foley in Massachusetts said.