Virginia AG Candidate Jay Jones Probed for Faking 1,000 Hours of Community Service

Jay Jones, the Democrat vying for attorney general, is careening into a legal firestorm.

A special prosecutor is now investigating how Jones, already scorched by his own violent rhetoric, allegedly gamed 1,000 hours of court-ordered community service after a reckless driving conviction for blazing down Interstate 64 at 116 mph in a 70-mph zone.

Jones’s troubles began years ago when he was convicted of reckless driving in New Kent County.

While others caught speeding at similar velocities faced jail time or suspended licenses, Jones skated with a $1,500 fine and 1,000 hours of community service.

Court records reveal he claimed 500 hours with the NAACP and another 500 with "Meet Our Moment," his own political action committee, a detail he conveniently omitted.

"Community service must be performed at a nonpolitical, nonprofit organization," New Kent County Commonwealth’s Attorney Scott Renick told WJLA. "It’s supposed to be something where you’re giving back to the community."

The deception has drawn a special prosecutor, Nathan Green, Commonwealth’s Attorney for Williamsburg and James City County, appointed by a New Kent County Circuit Court judge to dig into Jones’s claims.

This follows incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares’s public thrashing of Jones during a debate, where he highlighted the 116-mph joyride.

Miyares didn't hold back on X, warning, "Jay Jones was caught recklessly driving 116 miles per hour on I-64. Then, he tried to claim campaign work for his own PAC counted as community service to avoid jail. Jay Jones is too soft-on-crime — including his own."

Jones’s campaign is already reeling from leaked text messages in which he expressed a desire to kill his GOP opponent, then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert, and wished death on Gilbert’s children.

"I actually think there may be real, real calls for a legal investigation," Governor Glenn Youngkin told WJLA. "What that means to me is he’s got to drop out. He’s got to drop out of this race in disgrace."

Political scientist Larry Sabato piled on, telling WJLA, "He knew that he had that reckless driving conviction on his record, 116 miles an hour on an interstate. He knew about all the texts that he had sent... It’s called egotism."

"It is not possible for Jay Jones to fulfill the duties of the attorney general while under an open criminal investigation,” Miyares told Fox News. "If Jay stays in the race, it shows a contempt for voters never seen in modern Virginia political history. Now we learn that he may have misled the courts to avoid jail time for recklessly driving 116mph. He has not taken accountability for his words or actions."

Jones’s campaign did not respond to requests for comment from WJLA or Fox News Digital.

The appointment of Special Prosecutor Green signals that this investigation is far from over, with court documents suggesting the case was either never closed or recently reopened.

As Jones’s campaign teeters, voters are left to wonder: can a man who allegedly lies to courts and dreams of political violence be trusted to uphold the law?