Va.'s new attorney general fires UVa counsel who was on leave working as top investigator for Jan. 6
Earlier DU thread: University {of Virginia} Counsel Tim Heaphy removed by Attorney General Jason Miyares
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Source: Washington Post
Va.’s new attorney general fires U-Va. counsel who was on leave working as top investigator for Jan. 6 panel
By Justin Jouvenal and Lauren Lumpkin
Yesterday at 1:54 p.m. EST|Updated yesterday at 7:08 p.m. EST
Virginia’s new Republican attorney general has fired the University of Virginia’s counsel, who was on leave from the job to work as the top investigator for the U.S. House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, the attorney and university said.
Tim Heaphy, who had worked at the state’s flagship university for about three years, was among roughly 30 staffers who were let go by Attorney General Jason S. Miyares shortly before he took office a little over a week ago. Democrats have questioned the firings and how they were carried out.
Victoria LaCivita, a Miyares spokeswoman, said the attorney general’s office had also fired the counsel for George Mason University, Brian Walther, saying it is common for an incoming attorney general to appoint counsel that shares its “philosophy and legal approach.”
Both Heaphy and Walther are Democrats.
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Read more: https://wapo.st/3rIYZPF
Original WaPo link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/23/heaphy-uva-miyares-removal/
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