A Republican deputy attorney general in Virginia resigned from her position Thursday after Facebook posts surfaced showing she had applauded Jan. 6 rioters and
Highlights
- Monique Miles resigned from her position Thursday after Facebook posts surfaced showing she had applauded Jan.
- 6 rioters and falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.
- The Virginia attorney general’s office became aware of these posts by Miles Thursday when The Washington Post shared screenshots it obtained of her previous comments.
- The Post’s report said that Miles had also posted articles on Facebook that supported baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
- Government officials have repeatedly said there is no evidence of their participation in the attack on the Capitol in the days following the riot, Miles retweeted a number of pro-Trump posts, including a day before the House impeached Trump for inciting the attack.