New Virginia Attorney General Fires Jan. 6 Investigator From University Job

Jason Miyares, who later won the election for Virginia attorney general and has been sworn into office, speaks at a rally in a file photograph. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Virginia’s new attorney general has removed two attorneys from university positions, including Timothy Heaphy, who took a leave of absence from his job at the University of Virginia to serve as the chief investigative counsel for the House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach.

Victoria LaCivita, a spokesperson for Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares, confirmed the terminations. The firing of Heaphy, LaCivita told The Epoch Times in an email, “had nothing to do with the January 6th committee or their investigations.”