Virginia Democrats are watching their Attorney General candidate implode in spectacular fashion.
The scandal just went from bad to career-ending.
And Jay Jones was hit with one complaint that could be game over for his career.
Third watchdog group demands Jones lose his law license
The National Legal and Policy Center just became the third organization demanding the Virginia State Bar strip Jay Jones of his law license.¹
Jones – the Democrat nominee for Virginia Attorney General – faces mounting legal problems after text messages surfaced showing him fantasizing about shooting Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert "two bullets to the head."²
The texts, sent in August 2022 to Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner, went even further.³
Jones wished Gilbert’s wife could "watch her own child die in her arms" so the Speaker might "reconsider his political views."⁴
After Coyner begged him to stop, Jones doubled down with a chilling message: "only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy."⁵
The NLPC isn’t pulling punches in their complaint to the Virginia State Bar.
Chairman Peter Flaherty accused Jones of "depraved and possibly illegal conduct" and said the texts "demonstrated disdain for the legal system."⁶
Paul Kamenar, NLPC counsel, explained why Jones should lose his license.
"Jay Jones should be disbarred for his outrageous, violent rhetoric," Kamenar stated.⁷
The complaint cites Virginia Rule 8.4, which prohibits conduct involving "dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation" or acts reflecting poorly on a lawyer’s "fitness to practice law."⁸
Jones allegedly rigged his community service to avoid jail time
The bar complaint doesn’t stop with the violent texts.
NLPC is demanding investigators look into how Jones fulfilled 1,000 hours of court-ordered community service after his 2022 reckless driving conviction.⁹
Jones was caught driving 116 mph in a 70-mph zone and pleaded guilty in January 2024 after multiple delays.¹⁰
He got a deal most reckless driving offenders never see – no jail time, no license suspension, just community service hours.
Jones claimed he completed 500 hours with "Meet Our Moment," a political action committee he founded in 2021 to support Democrat candidates.¹¹
He allegedly completed another 500 hours with the Virginia NAACP, where he previously served as counsel and represented the organization in a voting rights lawsuit against Governor Glenn Youngkin.¹²
NLPC argues those affiliations violate the spirit of Virginia law, which bars community service through organizations personally or politically connected to the offender.¹³
"There’s a serious question whether he rigged that," Kamenar explained.¹⁴
New Kent County Commonwealth’s Attorney Scott Renick is investigating whether Jones misled the court about his affiliations with these organizations.¹⁵
Jones never disclosed his connection to Meet Our Moment when submitting certification letters to the judge.¹⁶
"It’s supposed to be something where you’re giving back to the community," Renick stated.¹⁷
Regular Virginians who get caught driving 116 mph go to jail.
Jones got a sweetheart deal – and allegedly cheated even that.
Constitutional crisis looms if Jones wins while under investigation
The timing of this third bar complaint couldn’t be worse for Democrats.
Virginia’s gubernatorial and attorney general elections are November 4 – less than three weeks away.¹⁸
Jones had been leading incumbent Republican Jason Miyares by several points before the October 3 National Review exposé revealed his violent texts.¹⁹
The latest Trafalgar Group poll shows Jones’s support collapsed from 48.8% to 43.1%, while Miyares surged from 45% to 48.9%.²⁰
That’s a catastrophic 12-point swing in less than two weeks.
The scandal is destroying the entire Democrat ticket.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Abigail Spanberger refuses to disavow Jones despite his violent rhetoric about murdering Republican officials and their children.²¹
Her polling lead over Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears has evaporated from 5 points to just 2.5 points – within the margin of error.²²
Spanberger is still selling campaign apparel promoting Jones on her website.²³
Virginia law enforcement groups aren’t staying quiet.
The Virginia Law Enforcement Sheriff’s Association and Fraternal Order of Police of Virginia both demanded Jones withdraw from the race.²⁴
President Trump weighed in during a ceremony honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk, saying political violence and violent rhetoric from the left must stop.²⁵
"We’ve seen that a candidate for attorney general in Virginia boasted that he would want to see [a] Republican legislator in Virginia shot in the head and to see his children murdered," Trump stated.²⁶
Vice President JD Vance refused to "join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence."²⁷
The constitutional implications are staggering if Jones wins while the bar complaint is pending.
Virginia’s Constitution requires the Attorney General to meet the same qualifications as state judges – including admission to the Virginia State Bar.²⁸
Bar disciplinary proceedings typically take several months to investigate and adjudicate.²⁹
"And if he’s elected and this complaint is still pending — and usually these kind of complaints take several months for the bureaucracy at the Bar to look at it, investigate it, etc. — he’ll be under a cloud of disbarment during his term at the attorney general," Kamenar explained.³⁰
If the Virginia State Bar ultimately disbarred Jones mid-term, he’d be constitutionally barred from serving.
Virginia would face a constitutional crisis with an Attorney General who legally cannot hold office.
Democrats reveal their true priorities by standing with Jones
The Center to Advance Security in America has also filed bar complaints with both the Virginia State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar requesting revocation of Jones’s law licenses.³¹
Three separate organizations filing disbarment complaints within two weeks shows coordinated legal strategy to make Jones radioactive before the election.
Jones acknowledged the texts last week, calling them a "grave mistake" that made him "sick to my stomach."³²
He claimed to be "embarrassed, ashamed, and sorry."³³
But Jones didn’t exit the race.
"This was a grave mistake, and I will work every day to prove to the people of Virginia that I will fight for them as attorney general," Jones stated.³⁴
Translation: an elite Democrat lawyer who threatened to murder Republican officials and their children, drove 116 mph, allegedly frauded his community service, and shows contempt for the legal system thinks he’s qualified to be Virginia’s top law enforcement officer.
The NLPC’s complaint reveals the full pattern that disqualifies Jones from practicing law – let alone serving as Attorney General.
"Mr. Jones’s violent statements, coupled with potential deception over his community service, reflect dishonesty and unfitness for legal practice," NLPC Chairman Flaherty wrote.³⁵
"The Bar must revoke his license or at least suspend it."³⁶
This isn’t about one offensive text message sent years ago.
Jones exhibits a pattern of contempt for rules that apply to everyone else – threatening public officials with murder, extreme reckless driving at 116 mph, allegedly rigging community service to avoid jail, refusing to take responsibility by exiting the race.
Democrat leaders from Spanberger to Senator Tim Kaine are defending Jones despite his disqualifying conduct.³⁷
They care more about maintaining power than holding their candidates accountable for fantasizing about murdering Republican lawmakers and their children.
Virginia voters get the final say on November 4.
The question is whether they’ll reward Democrats for standing by a candidate facing three bar complaints for violent rhetoric and alleged fraud – or whether they’ll send a message that threatening to murder public officials disqualifies you from enforcing the law.
¹ Andrew Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones Over Violent Texts Against GOP Lawmakers," Washington Free Beacon, October 14, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Newsmax Wires, "NLPC Seeks Disbarment of Virginia Attorney General Candidate," Newsmax, October 15, 2025.
⁴ Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones."
⁵ Newsmax Wires, "NLPC Seeks Disbarment."
⁶ Ibid.
⁷ Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones."
⁸ Newsmax Wires, "NLPC Seeks Disbarment."
⁹ Ibid.
¹⁰ Ibid.
¹¹ Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones."
¹² Ibid.
¹³ Newsmax Wires, "NLPC Seeks Disbarment."
¹⁴ Ibid.
¹⁵ Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones."
¹⁶ Ibid.
¹⁷ Ibid.
¹⁸ Rachel Branning, "Poll: Support for Jay Jones drops in VA Attorney General race after texts leak," WSET, October 13, 2025.
¹⁹ Ibid.
²⁰ Ibid.
²¹ Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones."
²² Staff Report, "New poll shows Virginia governor’s race in a dead heat, Miyares takes lead in AG race," WJLA, October 14, 2025.
²³ Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones."
²⁴ Staff Report, "Senator Kaine defends Jay Jones, citing trust amid attorney general race controversy," WSET, October 8, 2025.
²⁵ Staff Report, "Vance calls out Democrat silence on Jay Jones murder text controversy," Fox News, October 15, 2025.
²⁶ Ibid.
²⁷ Ibid.
²⁸ Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones."
²⁹ Newsmax Wires, "NLPC Seeks Disbarment."
³⁰ Ibid.
³¹ Kerr, "Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones."
³² Newsmax Wires, "NLPC Seeks Disbarment."
³³ Ibid.
³⁴ Ibid.
³⁵ Ibid.
³⁶ Ibid.
³⁷ Staff Report, "Senator Kaine defends Jay Jones."
