{"id":1218473,"date":"2022-01-15T21:49:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T02:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218473"},"modified":"2022-01-15T21:49:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T02:49:20","slug":"new-virginia-ag-fires-30-staff-members-prior-to-taking-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-virginia-ag-fires-30-staff-members-prior-to-taking-office\/","title":{"rendered":"New Virginia AG Fires 30 Staff Members Prior To Taking Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-virginia-ag-fires-30-staff-members-prior-to-taking-office%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218473&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares fired 30 staff members, 17 of whom were attorneys, Friday, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Virginia\u2019s new Attorney General has just fired the entire civil rights division in the AG office and announced that he will prosecute criminal cases in jurisdictions where Soros DAs decline to prosecute.<\/p>\n<p>He is also the first PoC Attorney General in Virginia history! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cLKHvnoNNQ\">pic.twitter.com\/cLKHvnoNNQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Benjamin Braddock (@GraduatedBen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GraduatedBen\/status\/1482188562451902475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Miyares was sworn into the position of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/14\/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governor-education-promises-crt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virginia<\/a> Attorney General on Jan. 15 alongside Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/miyares-fires-30-in-ags-office-including-lawyer-investigating-dangerous-conditions-at-richmond-apartments\/article_280125a7-9dda-58db-a0e0-667758fafd0f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/13\/attorney-general-mark-herring-police-forged-documents-confession-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Outgoing State Attorney General Says Police Forge Documents To Force Confessions From People)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the campaign, it was made clear that now Attorney General-elect Miyares and Attorney General Herring have very different visions for the office,\u201d Miyares spokesperson Victoria LaCivita said, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. \u201cWe are restructuring the office, as every incoming AG has done in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AG elect Miyares is looking forward to fully analyzing and evaluating the entire Office of the Attorney General in the days and weeks after the Inauguration. After he\u2019s had time to do this, we will announce any other office changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victoria LaCivita (@VLaCivita) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VLaCivita\/status\/1482117472849383431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThese are dedicated and professional public servants who do important work, like investigate wrongful convictions, protect Virginians\u2019 civil rights, help to ensure free and fair elections, and prevent human trafficking and opioid abuse,\u201d said former AG Herring spokesperson Charlotte Gomer, regarding the fired staff members, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/politics\/jason-miyares-virginia-attorney-general-staff\/291-57af46fa-e2e6-4eb7-ba39-8de87d99bf8d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to 13NewsNow. \u201cTheir absence will be a significant loss to the mission of the Office of Attorney General.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miyares <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonMiyaresVA\/status\/1482465048660434952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced on Twitter<\/a> his intention for his office to investigate scandals involving the Virginia Parole Board and Loudoun County schools, and that some of these investigations have already been opened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares fired 30 staff members, 17 of whom were attorneys, Friday, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. 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