Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones faced new political fallout Thursday over reports revealing his wife donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund — a controversial bail organization that used millions to spring violent offenders, including accused rapists and murderers, from jail.

In a May 2020 post on what was then known as Twitter, the AG candidate’s wife, Mavis Jones wrote, “I just donated to the Minnesota freedom fund,” linking to the group’s donation page and urging followers to “please consider doing the same.”

The revelation, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon , comes as Jones, a Democrat, battles sliding poll numbers and mounting scrutiny over a string of damaging stories about violent text messages, reckless driving and an ethics probe into his community s

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