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Virginia AG authorizes probe of statue-removal contract
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Jan 15, 2021 at 6:26 pm EDT
RICHMOND, Va. Virginia’s attorney general has authorized an investigation into efforts by Richmond officials to take down the city’s Confederate monuments last year, including a $1.8 million contract that was given for the statues to be removed, a special prosecutor said Friday.
The statues were taken down over the summer, and an inquiry into the contract between the city and a Richmond-area construction company owner was initiated after a political rival of Mayor Levar Stoney’s raised concerns about the deal.
A Richmond Circuit Court Judge assigned Augusta County Commonwealth’s Attorney Timothy Martin last summer to investigate the removals, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
Devon Henry, the owner of a Newport News contracting firm associated with the shell company, has donated a total of $4,000 to Stoney’s campaign and political action committee since 2016.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has authorized state police to investigate Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and his administration s work to take down the city s Confederate monuments last year, a special