Thursday, February 10, 2022

"A top deputy overseeing election issues for Virginia’s new Republican attorney general resigned" after Facebook posts were brought to light

WaPo:

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 rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and falsely claiming President Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

[She] espoused unfounded conspiracy theories about voter fraud and election interference in more than a dozen Facebook comments that spanned months.