Virginia’s New Attorney General Is Not Messing Around: Jason Miyares Fires 30 Staffers, Opens New Investigations

Virginia’s new Attorney General Jason Miyares wasted no time in taking his office in a new direction after being sworn in on Saturday, as the Republican A.G. fired 30 staffers, including many attorneys who were unlikely to see eye-to-eye with his promises of enacting law and order in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The first statewide elected Latino in Virginia’s history also announced several new investigations aimed at increasing government transparency and making Old Dominion safer.

In a statement given to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Victoria LaCivita, a spokesperson for Miyares, defended the move, saying, “During the campaign, it was made clear that now-Attorney General-elect Miyares and Attorney General Herring have very different visions for the office.”

“We are restructuring the office, as every incoming AG has done in the past,” Civita added.

As a candidate, Miyares had stated that “George Soros-backed Commonwealth’s attorneys are not doing their jobs,” and he promised to prosecute crimes that progressive attorneys had ignored. – READ MORE