Virginia Deputy AG Resigns Over Posts Praising Rioters

The Washington Post reports:

A top deputy overseeing election issues for Virginia’s new Republican attorney general resigned Thursday after The Washington Post questioned the office about Facebook posts she had made praising Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

Former deputy attorney general Monique Miles also espoused unfounded conspiracy theories about voter fraud and election interference in more than a dozen Facebook comments that spanned months. Four people who interacted with Miles on Facebook confirmed the authenticity of the posts.

Victoria LaCivita, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Jason Miyares, said the office had been unaware of the Facebook posts before The Washington Post, which obtained screenshots of the posts, shared them on Thursday morning.

Read the full article. Her most recent post on Twitter is a retweet of Zircon & Burlap. She went by Monique Miglia on Facebook.

Deputy Va. attorney general resigns after revelation of Facebook posts praising Jan. 6 rioters, claiming Trump won election. From @jjouvenal https://t.co/gP0tsq1CxP

— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) February 10, 2022