VIRGINIA – In an interview on Fox 5’s the Final Five, NOTUS reporter Dave Levinthal discusses his breaking story detailing Winsome Earle-Sears’ “empty” schedule as Lt. Gov that suggests she “spends long periods not actively working in an official capacity.” Dave notes “[...] we're very surprised to see what we got, [...] there were weeks, and in some cases, months, worth of blank pages. [...] she wasn't doing a whole heck of a lot.” 
 
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• Jim Lokay: Look at the Spanberger. You know, she has a record built in from her time in Congress, and you can look at that, [...]. When you look at the Lieutenant Governor, four years as Lieutenant Governor, after a long layout from politics, so in terms of what she has done, you talked a little bit about her schedule in NOTUS. Reporting out within the last week, talking about her public schedule, where we haven't necessarily seen what she has done. Talk a little bit about that.
• Dave Levinthal: She's run on her record and said, “Hey, I've been a very active Lieutenant Governor.” [...] We were curious to explore exactly what that looked like in black and white on paper. So we obtained hundreds of records through a Freedom of Information Act request, Virginia FOIA request, and we're very surprised to see what we got, which was unredacted documents, meaning that we could see everything that was there, but Jim, there were weeks, and in some cases, months, worth of blank pages. So one of two things had to be true, either she was holding things back from her official schedule and not offering them up for public view, which the public is entitled to these documents, or she wasn't doing a whole heck of a lot. So we contacted her campaign and her Lieutenant Governor's office multiple times, they declined to comment in any way shape or form. [...]
• Lokay: [...], I just want to point out too, we have made now, I believe, 16 different inquiries to the Earle-Sears campaign about appearing on the show. We've not had any responses. [...] Sears has not said anything there. [... ].

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