In today’s Richmond Times Dispatch, Ken Cuccinelli addresses Steve Shannon’s political ploy to turn the Attorney General’s job into a part time position:
Cuccinelli said one possible outcome of the ethics panel is to refer the case to the attorney general.
“I’m not going to call for [a resignation] because that would suggest a conclusion in an ongoing case that I may end up having a role analogous to a judge in,” he said. “[Shannon] doesn’t care what the law is and that should bother Virginians a great deal.”
Democrats are trying to argue that the AG won’t have a say in any Federal case, and they are right. But the AG WOULD have a role in determining Hamilton’s fate as part of a House ethics investigation, which is happening. It is this nuance, this ROLE of the Attorney General that is important to note.
Ken Cuccinelli gets it.
Steve Shannon clearly does not.
Jason Kenney is the director of 
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