Crisis escalates in Virginia; top 3 Democrats under fire

Thursday, February 7, 2019

RICHMOND, Va. -- The political crisis in Virginia exploded Wednesday when the state's attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor.

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