Attorney General of Virginia

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In his letter to the Greene County Sheriff, the Virginia Attorney General said that he got a tip that the Greene County Sheriff was conducting traffic stops with ICE.

The Attorney General says this might violate state and federal law, setting up a legal showdown that could have implications for every local law enforcement agency in Virginia.

The Greene County Sheriff's Office joined ICE on the roads, where they stopped dozens of vehicles and arrested 49 people.

That caught the attention of Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, who fired off a letter to the sheriff.

Jones said he's investigating whether the sheriff and Greene County deputies deprived people of rights protected by state and federal law during the traffic stops.

Delegate Karen Hamilton represents Greene County in the Virginia General Assembly.

Today, 7 News reached out to the Greene County Sheriff for comment.

Miyares previously investigated misconduct at Virginia's Parole Board, and now he's raising new questions about public safety, accountability, and the rights of victims.

Joining us to discuss this controversy and what it means for public safety in Virginia, former Virginia AG Jason Miyares.

Jason, welcome back to the Scott Jennings Show.

Always great to be here.

Every Democratic Senate candidate except Sara Gideon, except s- again, Susan Collins in 2020, in tw- every Democratic Senate candidate except Gideon in '18 and '20 won at least 89% of voters who disapproved of Trump.

And as you and I have talked about, that's what we saw in '25, when Jay Jackson won 89% of Trump disapprovers in the Virginia AG race.

No, Jones.

Jay, Jay Jones, sorry.

Well, Mark, that two-step is what we've been seeing from a lot of folks, right? You want to affirm for people that their vote will be counted, and at the same time, you want to make sure that people know about all the shenanigans going on, including this, which is that you have Homeland Security pulling hundreds of agents from their normal jobs to go fishing for voter fraud.

The Virginia AG says those agents may have broken state laws by posing as voters in order to gain access to individual voting records.

He wrote that he is not aware of any blanket legal authority that would permit DHS agents to obtain protected information from state officials without a court order, let alone any authority that would permit agents to gather that information through fraudulent means.

Marc Elias, is there a case here?