Jason Miyares touts record on crime, fentanyl as Jones scandal roils Virginia race: 'A defining moment'

EXCLUSIVE: RICHMOND, VA – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said ahead of Thursday’s debate that Democratic challenger Jay Jones’ text messages fantasizing about the murder of former Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his family should disqualify him from office.In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Miyares discussed at length how his four-year record – including battling violent crime and the fentanyl epidemic – proves why voters should "rehire" him as the commonwealth’s top law enforcement officer."I said when I ran for this office that I was going to focus on Virgini