July 30 – At a Danville magazine company building, a man enters the company office of local city Councilman Lee Vogler and sets him on fire, causing serious injuries. Police say a full investigation is underway, but that the suspect appears to have been motivated by personal reasons and that the attack was unrelated to Vogler's work as a councilman.[5]
September 19 – U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Erik Siebert resigns. Siebert had been under pressure by the Trump administration to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James with mortgage fraud, but no charges had been brought.[7] His successor, Lindsey Halligan, brings charges against James in October.[8]
October 3 – Text messages surface from Jay Jones, the Democratic party candidate for Attorney General, in which he suggested the then-House Speaker should be shot and said he and his wife were "breeding little fascists".[9]
October 23 – A man from Honduras is killed by a passing car while fleeing immigration agents in Norfolk.[10]
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