Live updates: Virginia politics in chaos

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Virginia politics in chaos

Meg Wagner
By Meg Wagner and Jessie Yeung, CNN
Updated 10:42 AM EST, Mon February 11, 2019
Justin Fairfax, Ralph Northam and Mark Herring
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What we're covering here

Virginia’s three top politicians are facing scandals. Here’s where things stand now:

  • The governor: There have been calls for Ralph Northam to resign after he admitted (and later denied) he appeared in a racist photo in his medical school yearbook.
  • The lieutenant governor: Justin Fairfax faces calls for his resignation after a second woman accused him of sexual assault. Fairfax has denied both allegations.
  • The attorney general: Mark Herring admitted that appeared in blackface at a 1980 party.
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Virginia's lieutenant governor tells the Washington Post he won't resign

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax told the Washington Post that he won’t resign and is focused on “getting the truth out.”

Fairfax again denied that he sexually assaulted Meredith Watson or Dr. Vanessa Tyson. He said he is “anxious” for the independent investigations to start.

Northam gave his first interview since controversy started. Here's how it unfolded.

From CNN's Devan Cole

Embattled Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said that since becoming engulfed in controversy surrounding his use of blackface decades ago, he has learned that he “was born in white privilege” and “why the use of blackface is so offensive.” 

In an interview that aired Monday on “CBS This Morning,” Northam also referred to enslaved Africans as “indentured servants from Africa” before acknowledging that such a practice was slavery.

In Northam’s first TV interview since the controversy erupted, CBS’ Gayle King asked him what he has learned since dealing with the fallout from the revelation that his 1984 medical school yearbook page contained a racist photo and his own admission that he once dressed in blackface on a separate occasion.

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