Virginia’s new Republican attorney general fired a top Jan. 6 investigator from his university post

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The top lawyer for the House committee investigating the Capitol riot was fired from his role at the University of Virginia by the state’s new Republican attorney general.

Attorney General Jason Miyares, who took office on January 15, dismissed Tim Heaphy as UVA’s counsel. Both the attorney general’s office and the university confirmed the news in Sunday statements published by the Associated PressThe New York Times, and The Washington Post.

Victoria LaCivita, a spokeswoman for Miyares, said Heaphy, a Democrat, was not fired because of his work with the January 6 committee, the outlets said.

Instead, she told the outlets that it was done after “reviewing the legal decisions made over the last couple of years” and called him a “controversial” hire, the statements said. She did not elaborate on what those decisions were, The Post reported.

Heaphy had taken leave from UVA to work on the January 6 committee.

Republicans have accused Democrats of using the committee as a political tool to target Republicans and Trump.

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