19 Virginia sheriffs endorse Miyares over Democrat Jones in attorney general race
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FOX first: 19 A group of virginia sheriffs, democrats former Virginia province Del. After Jay Jones nominated to challenge in November, he threw his political weights behind the Chief Public Prosecutor Jason Miyares.
Virginia Sheriff Group, only days later, in a letter to his colleagues, “The election is clear. The decision is ours.” He said.
The sheriffs praised Miyares’ commitment to Virginia’s law enforcement and the first interventionists ve and called on the virginia sheriffs to re -election.
A former Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor Jones centralized the protection campaign from President Donald Trump’s administration. In a letter to the Virginia sheriffs, 19 sheriff group Jones frame the law platform as anti -legal practice.
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Virginia Chief Prosecutor Jason Miyares speaks during an interview at Richmond on May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)
“Jay Jones has been a clearly anxiety defendant of many vehicles armed to weaken the law enforcement of Virginia, replacing prosecutors with social workers, their first and victims of the criminals die. The first and not only for criminals, but not only a policy failure in the law enforcement officers, but also a policy designed by Virginia families failed.
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The sheriffs launched their colleagues to prevent Jones from “virginia’s law enforcement experts in the last four years” because they called on Jones to “wave of lawlessness, violence and illegal drug activity”.
“We want you to join many of us in the unification when we meet the Chief Public Prosecutor Jason Miyares, and we want them not to return to each member of Virginia law enforcement officers, friends, family and local communities, men and women for four years.”
The letter said that the legislation supported by the sheriffs Jones was “designed to fail their families of Virginia”.
These policies include the investigation of law enforcement officers for “patterns and implementation” violations, to cause direct damage to the virginians through advanced penalty loans (EESC), and to eliminate the qualified immunity that the police officers say that they will facilitate the lawsuits for civil rights violations.
They also elaborated the support of Jones to eliminate the compulsory minimum punishment to sell drugs in schools and school source officers (SROs).
The letter was signed by Virginia sheriffs Kyle M. Moore, William Kidd Jr., Travis M. Sumpe. Richard A. Vaughan, Hank Partin, Robert Richardson, Whit W. Clark III, Darrell L. Hodges, Wayne Davis, Bryan Hutcheson, Mike Miller, Kevin Kemp, Jeremy Flemming, Donald Lowe, Brian Hieatt, Brian K. Roberts, Jayson Crawley, Jeremy A. Falls.
Police officers at the scene after the deadly shooting of two other officers in Virginia, Virginia on February 22, 2025. (Virginian-Pilot through Stephen M. Katz/AP)
Virginia is one of the two states that selected throughout the state this year, and the election results will be used as a bell before the competitive 2026 midterm.
In the campaign footprint, Jones applauded lawyers that the lawyers generally lock the federal financing to the Trump administration and reject the excessive access to the manager, but where the pro -Maga Chief Public Prosecutor Jason Miyates put the first place in the first place and refused to participate in the defense efforts. “
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“Virginia will put Virginia in the first place. It will stand against the strong institutional interests. He said.
Jones did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
