RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A former Virginia Attorney General’s Office employee filed a lawsuit on Thursday against former Attorney General Jason Miyares, among other previous office leaders, due to allegations of wrongful termination after she spoke out about a payment she alleged was a conflict of interest.
On Thursday, Feb. 12, Linda Orr, former financial services manager for the Office of the Virginia Attorney General, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Miyares, former chief deputy Attorney General Steven Popps, and Teresa Vice, former director of Human Resources for the office.
In the complaint filed in the case, Orr alleged that she was fired from her position on March 25, 2024, after she raised concerns about payments requested to be made by the office to a nonprofit led by multiple employees within the Attorney General’s Office. The employees were not named in the complaint…