This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat who formerly was a CIA operative, was elected the incoming governor of Virginia, largely by running a campaign of attack against President Donald Trump who is not overwhelmingly popular among the many Deep State federal employees in the state.
But her tenure in office hasn't even started and already she's embroiled in a controversy that could involve felony-level crimes.
It is the Liberty Justice Center, a nonpartisan, public-interest litigation firm, that is demanding a criminal investigation into Portsmouth Public Schools for its actions in allegedly using taxpayer dollars to host a political rally for Spanberger in August.
The investigation needs to review the rally at I.C. Norcom High School, which was free to the Democrat candidate, the center said.
Controversial attorney general candidate, now AG-elect, Jay Jones, who once speculated on the horrific deaths of a political opponent and his children, also was in attendance.
"This is just a gross misuse of public money and resources," charged Brendan Philbin, senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center. "The time of teachers and the maintenance staff and everyone should be, at this point, getting ready to start the new school year. But instead, they're using all this time and resources to host this gratuitous political event."
A report at Fox News noted Philbin added, "If an official causes public assets, resources or labor to be used for a cause other than what they are intended for, and the value of that is over $1,000, then it's a felony in Virginia."
At issue in the school's alleged violation of Virginia law 18.2-112.1(B) concerning the "misuse" of public resources.
"Any full-time officer, agent, or employee of the Commonwealth, or of any city, town, county, or any other political subdivision who, without lawful authorization, uses or permits the use of public assets for private or personal purposes unrelated to the duties and office of the accused or any other legitimate government interest when the value of such use exceeds $1,000 in any 12-month period, is guilty of a Class 4 felony," the law states.
The report said the allegations from Liberty Justice Center explain the value of the services knowingly handed over to the political campaign was over $1,000. Involved would be cost of renting multiple rooms, teachers that were paid during the event, and support staff.
Spanberger's own violations, the report said, involving failing to report an "in-kind" contribution by the school to her political campaign.
"For each contributor who has contributed an aggregate of more than $100, including cash and in-kind contributions, as of the ending date of the report, the campaign committee shall itemize each contributor on the report and list the following information," according to state law.
An official with the schools claimed officials were unaware the event was a campaign event. The official claimed it was an "educational" event.
