Josh Hawley's wife files criminal complaint after Virginia protest outside couple's home

Erin Hawley, wife of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, has filed a criminal complaint against the organizer of a protest that was staged outside the couple’s Virginia home last month, reports said Friday.

The organizer has been charged with illegal protesting, a misdemeanor, ABC News reported.

The Republican senator — who was not in the home when the protest occurred — had accused the protesters, who were organized by a group called ShutdownDC, of vandalizing his residence and threatening his family in the Jan. 4 protest over his plans to challenge the Electoral College results.

Erin Hawley and the couple’s infant daughter Abigail were home during the protest, while the senator and the couple’s two sons were back in Missouri, the Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported.

Video of the protest posted online showed the crowd chanting “Shame on you!” and “Stand up, fight back!” outside the senator’s house, according to ABC.

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At one point, Erin Hawley opens the front door and asks the protesters to leave.

“We’ve got neighbors and a baby, thank you,” she says.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is seen on Capitol Hill on Oct. 13, 2020 in Washington. (Getty Images)

“I was fearful and closed and locked the door,” she later wrote in a statement supporting her complaint.

At another point during the protest, three people walked up to the door, saying they planned to leave a copy of the Constitution or some signs there.

“I was fearful and closed and locked the door.”

— Erin Hawley, recalling Jan. 4 protest outside couple’s Virginia home

Erin Hawley said in the statement they were shouting, “Come out, come out!”

“I was frightened,” she said.

In a Twitter message on Jan. 5, Sen. Hawley claimed his wife and baby were threatened.

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“Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel,” Hawley tweeted the night of the protest. “They screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door. Let me be clear: My family & I will not be intimidated by leftwing violence.”

A local magistrate found “probable cause” to charge the protest organizer, identified as Patrick Young.

But officers from ShutdownDC downplayed reports of Erin Hawley’s complaint.

“We are not aware of any summons issued related to our…