{"id":2491876,"date":"2025-09-27T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-general-jason-miyares-calls-on-virginia-prosecutor-to-resign\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T16:00:06","slug":"attorney-general-jason-miyares-calls-on-virginia-prosecutor-to-resign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attorney-general-jason-miyares-calls-on-virginia-prosecutor-to-resign\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Jason Miyares calls on Virginia prosecutor to resign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fattorney-general-jason-miyares-calls-on-virginia-prosecutor-to-resign%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=2491876&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--><p>the article reports that Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has called for the resignation of Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano, accusing him of failing to properly prosecute serious crimes and issuing overly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-charges-against-trump-added-should-he-be-prosecuted\/\" title=\"Trump faces new charges. Should he be prosecuted?\">lenient plea deals<\/a>. Miyares highlighted multiple cases where Descano&#8217;s office allegedly mishandled prosecutions, including those involving a registered sex offender who accessed female locker rooms by claiming to be transgender, and an attacker who was charged with a reduced sentence despite committing violent acts. Miyares released a detailed 34-page report outlining misconduct and constitutional violations by Descano&#8217;s office and is seeking investigations by the Department of Justice. Surrounding himself with victims of these crimes, Miyares urged legislative reforms to better protect victims and hold prosecutors accountable. Descano dismissed the accusations as a politically motivated stunt ahead of upcoming elections, asserting that his approach has maintained Fairfax as one of the safest large counties. Miyares is currently running for re-election as Attorney General but is trailing in recent polls. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Attorney General Jason Miyares calls on Virginia prosecutor to resign for failing to prosecute &lsquo;heinous&rsquo; crimes<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2240529\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>FAIRFAX, Virginia &ndash; <\/strong>Attorney General<a href=\"https:\/\/studio.youtube.com\/video\/12mGcnJSSH8\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Jason Miyares<\/a> (R-VA) has called on Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano to resign, accusing his office of <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JasonMiyaresVA\/status\/1971655170611466575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mishandling<\/a> multiple cases and handing out lenient plea deals.<\/p>\n<p>While surrounded by more than a dozen victims, Miyares called for legislative reforms to protect future victims and hold prosecutors accountable. He released a 34-page <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/6rdh5iebb.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001uOHSJdoxbPbXp9n0x7OFZWdTI0lFFI8TRgpDRDVpAKjd8iAZgeChvzW_nrXyDx6yPrgUz9tV8kxk9g4A0NHl3fZ6yJqe-yUIi84gfzR8pqGoc3Q58FzlOVm3ahwWh-pAgiRP_oiVWJqvVBKc4Hw773LRwYOFXWYAlJbAgJaHNNB8WJpTMJSrnKkITjjGCNxgj3jd7k1AYKC5nQavencntNGcqpwCoDcrKMQvCtLAW4N-Q15J7sMGRr599pFe7OJqVG3o0XGc3YA%3D%26c%3DZUN2o8aeualhSTROP_krvJ-KjvFgU29cBGAhQVdZwC6Zt5KNHW-1wA%3D%3D%26ch%3DPPnz-LwFNvLavc_TW3oxKW3lUA96dizl-cqJBara8oRVwUKE8wlZtA%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1758997224011000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1JEBKMLen_5W9WruThVWnE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> detailing misconduct, failures, and constitutional violations and is referring the matter to the Department of Justice for potential civil or criminal investigation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attorney General Jason Miyares (R-VA) surrounded by victims of heinous crimes in Fairfax County on Friday, Sep. 26, 2025. (Amy DeLaura\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;These are particularly heinous offenses,&rdquo; Miyares said. &ldquo;Few things are more egregious, than the idea that we have seen a pattern in this office of not standing up for children and their innocence.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3827444\/trump-revokes-colombian-presidents-visa-over-pro-palestinian-protest\/\">Trump administration revokes Colombian president&#8217;s visa over pro-Palestinian protest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3827475\/trump-orders-hegseth-to-deploy-troops-to-portland\/\">Trump orders Hegseth to deploy troops to Portland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3827426\/trump-wants-to-declassify-famed-pilot-amelia-earharts-files\/\">Trump wants to declassify famed pilot Amelia Earhart&rsquo;s files<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Stop being a social worker, stop being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">criminal defense attorney<\/a>, start being a prosecutor,&rdquo; Miyares said. &ldquo;And if you&rsquo;re not willing to do your job, resign. Somebody else will do it for you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted a case the county failed to prosecute against Richard Cox, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vspsor.com\/Offender\/Details\/8ba6ebb4-6e2f-487d-ac91-e649e90e62dc?Filter=None&amp;firstName=Richard&amp;lastName=Cox&amp;registrationNumber=&amp;Address=&amp;Zip=&amp;Result=lst&amp;Start=0&amp;PgSz=10&amp;SortCol=1&amp;Sort=asc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registered sex offender<\/a>, who entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prager-trans-athletes-the-new-york-times-and-the-ivy-league\/\" title=\"PRAGER: Trans Athletes, The New York Times, And The Ivy League\">female locker room<\/a> at several recreation centers and high schools to watch women undress. He was able to enter the facilities by claiming to be transgender.&nbsp;Workers claimed he would strip down naked and walk around the locker room for hours. In <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >police body cam<\/a>, obtained by <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, when officers banned him from Oakmont Rec Center, he claimed he was being discriminated against.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fairfax County police body cam footage shows Richard Cox being banned from Oakmont Rec Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I understand this whole transgender thing is new, it&rsquo;s still being developed daily.&rdquo; Cox said to two Fairfax county police officers. &ldquo;My civil rights as a transgender person allows me to use a public facility including the restrooms or changing rooms that identify with my gender.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cox then accused the rec center of illegally using the sex offender registry to ban him from the facility, saying he belonged in the female locker room because his driver&rsquo;s license listed him as female.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the General Assembly changed the law to allow Virginians to change the sex on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-to-appeal-ruling-keeping-him-off-new-york-ballot-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Kennedy to appeal ruling keeping him off New York ballot - ...\">state-issued driver&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s license to their gender identity. Though Richard Cox is a biological male, he was able to obtain a state-issued driver&rsquo;s license listing him as a female.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On June 6, 2024 he went into Planet Fitness, where he used his state issued driver&rsquo;s license to gain access,&rdquo; Miyares said. &ldquo;Claiming that he was transgender and accusing the victims that complained about him walking around as a biological male fully nude in the locker room, as having, &lsquo;anti-trans discrimination.&rsquo; The Fairfax Commonwealth attorney&rsquo;s office declined to participate in the prosecution of Cox, and the indecent exposure charge was later dismissed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cox is currently in jail facing more than <a href=\"https:\/\/inmatewebquery.arlingtonva.us\/NewWorld.InmateInquiry\/VA0070000\/Inmate\/Detail\/-1892777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30 charges<\/a> in Arlington County for entering Washington Liberty High School locker room and performing a lewd act in front of children, and taking other indecent liberties with children from July to October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>At this time, no charges have been filed against Cox in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/3110860\/fairfax-county-high-schools-likely-lose-accreditation-under-virginias-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fairfax County<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Miyares also highlighted the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/circuit\/sites\/circuit\/files\/Assets\/Documents\/PDF\/opinions\/fe-2025-105-mi-2025-75-cw-v-bryan-humberto-ramos-rojas.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bryan Rojas<\/a>, who, after murdering a cat, took a machete and tried to attack a police officer. The prosecutor&rsquo;s office reduced the charge to an assault battery against law enforcement. The courts rejected the proposed plea.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They were rejected due to their offensiveness to the rule of law and the administration of justice,&rdquo; Miyares said. &ldquo;And partly because the utterly horrific, gruesome, devastating, and lethal wounds that killed the cat also could have taken the officer&rsquo;s life.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3824473\/title-ix-complaint-fairfax-county-high-school-boy-girls-locker-room\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TITLE IX COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST FAIRFAX COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR ALLOWING A BOY IN THE GIRLS LOCKER ROOM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez was arrested by ICE when Fairfax dropped the abduction charges. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another case was when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/circuit\/sites\/circuit\/files\/Assets\/Documents\/PDF\/opinions\/fe-2024-69-cov-v-hyrum-b-rodriguez.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hyrum Baquedano-Rodriguez<\/a>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ice-washington-dc-arrests-honduran-alien-after-prosecutor-drops-home-invasion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal im<\/a>migrant from Honduras, broke into a home in the middle of the night and tried to abduct a four-year-old child. Even though there was overwhelming DNA evidence and the possibility for a life sentence the Commonwealth attorney reduced the sentence to two years.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The judge noted, in rejecting this plea deal, this is every parent&rsquo;s worst nightmare,&rdquo; Miyares said. &ldquo;The court concluded a criminal justice system that cannot protect a four year old child in such circumstances is a failure. That is a failure solely at the feet of Steve Descano.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Descano called the report a political stunt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a sad, last-ditch political stunt by a man who&rsquo;s about to lose an election,&rdquo; Descano said. &ldquo;His lies, half-truths and distortions don&rsquo;t change the fact that voters elected me twice to run our justice system this way, and in doing so we&rsquo;ve kept Fairfax the safest large county of its size in the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Miyares is currently running for reelection for Attorney General in Virginia and is trailing his Democratic opponent Jay Jones by 7 points according to a recent Christopher Newport University <a href=\"https:\/\/cnu.edu\/wasoncenter\/surveys\/archive\/2025-09-18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AG Jason Miyares urges Virginia prosecutor to resign over lenient cases<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2745,"featured_media":2491877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jason-M-AG-feature.jpg?w=355","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[32116,64164,5468],"class_list":["post-2491876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-attorney-general","tag-jason-miyares","tag-virginia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jason-M-AG-feature.jpg?w=355","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2745"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2491876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2491880,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491876\/revisions\/2491880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2491877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2491876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2491876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2491876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}