‘New sheriff in town’: Virginia’s attorney general fires 30 staffers before taking office

Virginia’s new legal professional basic reportedly fired 30 employees the evening earlier than he was sworn into workplace — then proudly declared that “there’s a brand new sheriff on the town.”

Jason Miyares informed 17 attorneys and 13 different staffers that they have been not wanted late Friday, hours earlier than he took workplace Saturday, his workplace informed 13News Now.

They included the solicitor basic and deputies who served below Miyares’ predecessor, Democrat Mark Herring, the report stated.

Miyares spokeswoman Victoria LaCivita confirmed the shakeup to Fox Information, saying it was a crucial change as a result of the newcomer and his predecessor “have very totally different visions for the workplace.”

After taking workplace Saturday, he joined new Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin in tackling a number of the progressive insurance policies they each campaigned in opposition to throughout their elections.

Virginia Republican Attorney General candidate Jason Miyares
Jason Miyares informed 17 attorneys and 13 different staffers that they have been not wanted.
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Miyares, additionally a Republican, introduced separate investigations into the troubled Loudoun County college board, which was accused of masking up sexual assaults, in addition to the soft-on-crime insurance policies throughout the parole board.

“The message is: There’s a brand new sheriff on the town,” he informed Fox’s “The Ingraham Angle” on Monday evening.

He insisted drastic adjustments have been wanted to recuperate from the “far-left, liberal monopoly that has been in management for 2 years and so they handed a sequence of legal guidelines and so they made Virginians much less protected, much less safe.”

Glenn Youngkin, governor of Virginia, speaks to members of the media following a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at the Virginia Executive Mansion, in Richmond, Virginia, U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022
Jason Miyares joined Gov. Glenn Youngkin in tackling a number of the progressive insurance policies they campaigned in opposition to.
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He tweeted a hyperlink to his interview, writing, “It’s a brand new day in Virginia.

“Virginians voted for change – and I’m tackling the prison first, sufferer final mindset head on.”

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