(The Center Square) – Virginia’s attorney general and Portsmouth’s top prosecutor have been asked to investigate alleged illegal electioneering and misuse of public assets at Portsmouth Public Schools tied to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger.
The request came from the Liberty Justice Center, which filed letters Monday asking both offices to open investigations into whether school officials violated state election and ethics laws by allowing Spanberger’s campaign to use school property for a political event.
Emails cited in the complaint show Spanberger’s campaign was in contact with Portsmouth’s chief operating officer, Jerry Simmons, and the school’s principal about getting teachers to attend during work hours and setting aside an extra room to film campaign material. The Liberty Justice Center says those exchanges raise questions about whether school resources were used to support the event…