Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones this week announced the creation of a standing legal team inside his office whose job is to challenge federal government actions in court.
The Federal Accountability Unit will be staffed by four new attorneys working across the Office of the Solicitor General and the Civil Litigation Division, and will be led by Deputy Solicitor General Megan Keenan.
Jones’s office described it as the first cross-functional team of its kind there and said it gives the office permanent capacity to identify emerging threats, respond quickly, and take legal action. Jones specifically called out “overreach” of President Donald Trump’s administration in his announcement….