The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 25, 2022 Virginia Attorney General Fires January 6 Investigator from University Position ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Virginia's new Republican attorney general has fired the top attorney for the University of Virginia - a move condemned by Democrats as political retribution. The attorney, Timothy Heaphy, serves as the top staff investigator for the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection. .