Democrats
'Moderate' Gov Abigail Spanberger Taps Former FBI Official Behind Retracted Biden-Era Memo Targeting Catholics as Terror Threat To Lead Prison Reform Council
The panel Stanley Meador is co-chairing includes seats reserved for faith-based organizations
July 13, 2026
A cabinet official "moderate" Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger (D.) tapped to co-lead a prison reform council headed the FBI field office in Richmond that issued an infamous, since-retracted Biden-era memo identifying traditionalist Catholics as potential domestic terrorists. DOJ leaders subsequently said they were "aghast" at the memo, which they described as "appalling."
Stanley Meador, Spanberger's secretary of public safety and homeland security, will co-chair the newly formed Community Partnership Council on Corrections alongside Department of Corrections director Joseph Walters, Spanberger announced on June 23. The panel is dedicated to advancing "safety reforms by hearing directly from [corrections] staff, incarcerated individuals, and communities across Virginia" on topics like "reentry and reintegration," "public accountability," and "conditions of confinement."
Spanberger said the council "will create a permanent, structured forum for dialogue and action on the issues that matter most" and will "ensure that these reforms we've undertaken take root, and build a foundation for Virginia long after I am no longer in this office." She said "many things" are "systemically wrong" with the state's corrections system.
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