The Virginia deputy attorney general overseeing elections under new GOP Attorney General Jason Miyares was forced out Thursday after her Facebook posts praising Jan. 6 Capitol rioters and echoing former President Donald Trump’s false claims about the election being stolen were discovered.
Monique Miles, who was sworn in last month as the deputy attorney general for Government Operations and Transactions in Miyares’ office, left the office Thursday after the Washington Post uncovered Facebook posts in which she praised Capitol rioters.
“Patriots have stormed the Capitol. No surprise. The deep state has awoken the sleeping giant,” Miles wrote on Jan. 6, according to the Post. “Patriots are not taking this lying down. We are awake, ready and will fight for our rights by any means necessary.”
Miles also made multiple posts declaring that Trump won the election, the Post reported. “These left wing violent loonies better realize that DJT is getting a second term,” Miles wrote in one post dated Nov. 16, 2020.
Miles’ former division represents the state in election litigation and gives legal advice on various matters to the state’s election agencies, the Post reported.
Whether Miles was fired or resigned is in contention. Miyares’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from VICE News, but told multiple outlets that Miles had resigned, maintaining that Miyares himself did not agree with his former deputy. Miyares’ office told the New York Times that Miles had...
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