By Ashley Brasfield
Democrat Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones is reportedly under investigation for allegedly misrepresenting details regarding community service to a New Kent County court.
A special prosecutor was appointed to investigate Jones after allegations that the candidate was misrepresenting details around his community service hours for his reckless driving conviction to the court, the National Review reported Wednesday. New Kent County Commonwealth’s Attorney Scott Renick requested to be recused from the investigation, citing a potential conflict of interest, according to a court filing obtained by the outlet.
Judge Elliott Bondurant accepted his request Tuesday and named Nathan Green, the Commonwealth’s Attorney for James City County, to serve as special prosecutor. Commonwealth’s attorneys frequently request recusals if there are possible conflicts of interest, the outlet reported. (RELATED: Jay Jones Used Community Service From Reckless Driving Conviction To Advance Own Political Career)
Jones was convicted in 2022 of reckless driving in New Kent County after being stopped for driving 116 mph in a 70 mph zone. He was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine and conduct 1,000 hours of community service. Jones claimed to have completed 500 of those hours for his own political action committee, Meet Our Moment (MOM). He logged the remaining 500 hours for the NAACP Virginia State Conference.
Renick previously told the Caller that the state considers community service to be “unpaid service or labor performed through any non-political, charitable non-profit.”
In 2022, Jay Jones said he would put “two bullets” in a state representative’s head, and “piss on” his grave, after that representative, Todd Gilbert, memorialized the life of a deceased moderate Democratic legislator (Jones, a progressive, disliked that deceased Democrat, Joe Johnson, for being too moderate). Jones also allegedly wished that Gilbert’s wife should experience the death of her child.
