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Virginia house of representatives member
Jay Jones is reported to have made a specific, disturbing remark in 2022 during a follow-up phone call to Carrie Coyner: he said Todd Gilbert’s wife “could see her child die so her husband could recon...
Leaked text messages attributed to Jay Jones date from 2022—several reports specify August 2022—and include violent, graphic language directed at then–House Speaker Todd Gilbert and references to harm...
Several national and local outlets reported the revelation of Jay Jones’s now-public text messages in October–November 2025, with initial coverage and sustained follow-ups across outlets including CNN...
Available reporting shows Jay Jones was the subject of a scandal over resurfaced 2022 text messages in which he fantasized about shooting then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert and referenced harm to Gilbert...
Available reporting shows the leaked Jay Jones texts originated from messages he sent in 2022 to Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner, who publicly shared them; National Review first published the exchan...
There is no evidence in the supplied material that an of a specific Jay Jones public statement about children exists online; reporting focuses on private 2022 text messages that referenced children an...
The leaked Jay Jones text messages were sent in August 2022 and do correspond to official events or meetings in 2024–2025; they are private-era messages whose disclosure reshaped the 2025 Virginia att...
Jay Jones’s disputed remarks about children appear in ; major accounts say the texts were viewed by outlets such as The Washington Post after initial reporting by National Review and were central to c...
The leak contains violent and graphic private messages from Jay Jones, including a line suggesting a former Virginia House speaker should receive and other disturbing wishes about a speaker’s family, ...