Judge: Va. registrar charged in failed elections case cannot sue Miyares
RICHMOND — A former Northern Virginia elections registrar cannot sue state Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) and a top deputy over what she says were bogus charges related to her handling of 2020 presidential election results, according to a federal judge who found the prosecutors have legal immunity from such claims.
The judge’s order allows former Prince William County registrar Michele White to continue suing two other defendants — a pair of investigators from Miyares’s office who White says fabricated evidence against her to build a felony case that cost the registrar her career but ultimately crumbled before it could go to trial.
“Ms. White is disappointed in the ruling, which reaffirms the barrier prosecutorial immunity presents to getting justice for people who are wrongfully prosecuted,” her legal team at the firm Selendy Gay said in a statement. “She looks forward to moving ahead with her claims against the other defendants in the case and vindicating her record of public service.”
Miyares’s office accused White of altering the results of the presidential vote in the state’s election reporting system and mishandling absentee ballots. In September 2022, a grand jury indicted White on felony counts of corrupt conduct and making false statements, as well as a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty by an election official.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/13/miyares-registrar-2020-election-lawsuit/