Va. AG Miyares Breaks with Trump over Pardon of Convicted Ex-Culpeper Sheriff

Va. AG Miyares breaks with Trump over pardon of convicted ex-Culpeper sheriff

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, saying the ex-lawman’s federal bribery conviction was well-founded and the pardon misguided. “I have to authorize any state investigation into any elected official. And so I was aware of a lot of the facts at that time,” Miyares told The Mercury in an interview Tuesday. “Given what I know, I wo…

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Miyares breaks with Trump over pardon of convicted ex-Culpeper sheriff

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, saying the ex-lawman’s federal bribery conviction was well-founded and the pardon misguided. “I have to authorize any state investigation…

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Miyares, Surovell clash over university board appointments

In dueling letters to university rectors, Attorney General Jason Miyares and Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell sparred over college board of visitors members a state Senate panel refused to confirm.