Mark Earley

Mark Lawrence Earley (born July 26, 1954)^[1] is an American politician. As a member of the Republican Party, he was elected to the Virginia State Senate (1988–1998) and then as Attorney General of Virginia from 1998 to 2001. In 2001, he resigned as Attorney General to focus his time on the 2001 campaign for Governor of Virginia. He ran to succeed James Gilmore, but lost to businessman and Democratic Party leader Mark Warner.

Since 2002, Earley has been the president of Prison Fellowship, a prominent Christian organization dedicated to ministry to prison inmates and their families. He is a husband and a father of six.

Controversy

As Attorney General of Virginia, Earley blocked any potential prosecution against evangelist Pat Robertson after an investigation by the Commonwealth of Virginia concluded that Robertson diverted his ministry's donations to a Liberian diamond-mining operation.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ Pat Robertson's Katrina Cash
3. ^ Sizemore, Bill. "Robertson, Liberian Leader Hope to Strike Gold in Coastal Africa." The Virginian-Pilot. 2 June 1999. (Copy found here)

External links

• About Mark Earley from Prison Fellowship
• BreakPoint with Mark Earley Broadcasts

Legal offices
Preceded by Richard Cullen	Attorney General of Virginia January 17, 1998 – June 4, 2001	Succeeded by Randolph A. Beales
Party political offices
Preceded by Jim Gilmore	Republican Nominee for Governor of Virginia 2001	Succeeded by Jerry Kilgore

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