October Surprise: Jay Jones Avoided Potential Jail Time By Volunteering At His Own PAC
Well, that didn’t take long.
The much-anticipated October Surprise in this year’s Virginia state elections arrived - like clockwork - yesterday.
October 1.
And it was ugly news for the Jay Jones campaign. He’s the Democrat candidate for Attorney General who’s in a tight race with incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares.
Turns out that at about 1 a.m. on Friday, January 21, 2022, Jones was clocked doing 116 mph in a 70 zone on I-64 in New Kent County.
That’s 46 miles over the speed limit. He could have killed someone.
Reckless driving.
And no, Democrats, that isn’t simply a “speeding ticket.” It’s a crime, a misdemeanor. Punishable by up to a year in jail.
In fact, an ordinary schlump racing down the interstate at that speed at 1 a.m., might have spent that night in jail.
Not Jones. It appears he was given a summons. He promised to show up in court and sent on his way.
Lucky guy. Did the state trooper recognize Jones as a former member of the House of Delegates who had suddenly quit his job a few months earlier?
Whatever, Jones was convicted of the offense. Eventually. After numerous delays.
According to The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jones had this to say:
“Several years ago, I made the mistake of speeding, for which I am regretful. I accepted responsibility for my actions, paid the fine, and fulfilled my responsibility to the court, which was accepted by the New Kent County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office and the judge.”
He fulfilled his responsibility? That’s where this case gets REALLY interesting.
Along with a $1,500 fine and no loss of his driving privileges Jones was ordered to do 1,000 hours of community service.
So did the chastened man put on an orange vest and go out with a stick picking up trash along the highways? Did he work at a homeless shelter? Did he feed strays at the animal shelter? Tutor children?
Nope. Not Jay Jones.
He was allowed to do half of his community service - 500 hours - working for his own political action committee. Meet Our Moment. That PAC is registered with the Virginia Board of Elections and is NOT a charitable organization.
Jones spent his remaining 500 hours of “community service” with the NAACP’s Virginia State conference, which was busy suing Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
This is an absurd abuse of the system by whomever signed off on such bogus volunteer work. Jones wasn’t just speeding that night in 2022. He was recklessly endangering everyone on the interstate and himself.
Yet Jones’ punishment was to work for himself?
Looks like a little home cooking to me.
This man wants to be Virginia’s top prosecutor? His reckless record is disqualifying.
