Virginia AG Jay Jones launches sweeping legal actions on first day in office

One-on-one with Attorney General Jay Jones

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Attorney General Jay Jones is getting to work.  Just days before Jones took the oath of office, 8News sat down with Virginia's 49th attorney general. “I’m excited to hit the ground running, so that the people of Virginia know that we are working for them,” Jones said. Among Jones’ first orders of business is joining several lawsuits to challenge what he called the overreach of the Trump administration in Washington, D.C. …

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Virginia AG Jay Jones launches sweeping legal actions on first day in office

On his first day in office, Attorney General Jay Jones announced an expansive slate of legal actions and policy reviews aimed at protecting voting rights, lowering costs for Virginians, defending access to health care and education, and challenging what he described as federal overreach by the Donald Trump administration.Jones, Virginias 49th attorney general, said his office will immediately begin joining, advancing, or reassessing lawsuits acr…