Law enforcement calls to investigate the crime into Portsmouth schools over the meeting
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A nonportartisan, public prosecutor’s office is calling for a criminal investigation into Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) after the school district used a political rally to unseat Democratic incumbent Abigail Spanberger in August.
The Liferty Justice Center is calling for an official investigation after Spanberger, who was elected governor of Virginia last week, held a meeting in the area of attorney general, now elected, Jay Jones.
“This is a huge waste of public money and resources,” Brendan Philbin, senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, told FOX News Digital. “It’s time for teachers and maintenance workers and everyone should be, right now, getting ready to start the new school year. But they’re using all this time and resources to host this powerful political event.”
A legal group is calling for a criminal investigation into Portsmouth Public Schools for allegedly using taxpayer money to hold a political rally for Gov. Abigail Spanberger. (Al Dragon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“If an officer causes public goods, equipment or personnel to be used for a cause other than what they are intended for, and the value of that is more than $1,000, it was added.
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The group alleged that PPS is in violation of Virginia Law 18.2-112.1 (b), which defines “improper use of public assets.”
The Act reads: “
“Any officer, agent, or employee of the Commonwealth, or in any city, town, county, or any other official authority not related to any part of the 12th military, is guilty of Virginia,” according to Virginia Law.
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The Center for Life Audice was accused that the amount of services provided to the campaign was more than $ 1,000 due to the cost of renting several rooms in the school, teachers and the time of support staff and maintaining grounds to improve public grounds.
At one point in an email exchange between the campaign and the public school, the principal of IC Norcom, Theesha Sanders, offered classes to the campaign should be a problem of political space.
The event was held on the first day of the teacher’s term, a time usually reserved for teachers to prepare for the next school year. Teachers were required to have work that day in their official capacity as the summer holidays officially ended.
The Liferty Justice Center says the event violates Virginia laws on the misuse of public funds and campaign finance disclosure requirements. (Al Dragon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The Liferty Justice Center also alleged that Spanberger violated 24.2-947.4 (b) (2) of Virginia Law by failing to report an “in-kind” donation to the school board.
“For each influence that contributed to the integration of more than $100, including monetary contributions and in-kind reports, the campaign committee must hold each influence in the report and write the following information,” the law says.
The misuse of public funds was initially discovered through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from restitution matters, where the school district intervened when the meeting was still a closed event and the money was closed because the building was already open.
However, through emails obtained through FOIA, Spanberger’s campaign chief made public what was available to the public at the PPS official, an RSVP official who told him it was “an RSVP Invitation of interest.”
The legal team is called by the well-organized lawyer Jason Miyares to conduct a criminal investigation. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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A spokesperson for Portsmouth Public Shoko explained to Fox News Digital that the school did not know the event was part of a campaign, instead believing it was an educational event. When the principal realized it was a campaign, he told the staff not to go. The school district administration is now reviewing its process and procedures to ensure they better align with Board policies and state code.
The school district also explained that the event was not open to the public and did not charge visitors. The school buildings were already vacant and there was no facility or Custodial funds, said a PPS spokesperson. Security provided by the Spanberger campaign.
The Liferty Justice Center wrote to Attorney General Jason Miyares and Portsmouth CommonWealth’s Atterey Stephanie Morales, but they have yet to hear from the groups on whether or not it is possible to end federal law enforcement in the face of a criminal investigation.
FOX News Digital reached out to Miyares, Portsmouth Public Schools, C Norcom High School, Simmons and Portsmouth CorminWeeth Lordery but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
Preston Mizell is a reporter for Fox News. News tips can be sent to steston.mizell@fox.com and x @mizellonpreston.
