Thomas Norment has served in the Virginia General Assembly since 1992.
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10 Facts About Thomas Norment
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Thomas Norment is an Adjunct Professor of Law at William and Mary Law School.
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Thomas Norment served as on-campus attorney, and counselor and attorney to the President of William and Mary.
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Thomas Norment has led the Virginia Senate Republican caucus since 2008.
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In January 2001, Thomas Norment was charged with driving under the influence after he was pulled over on Interstate 64 outside Richmond with a blood alcohol content of 0.
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Thomas Norment was responding to allegations from an unsatisfied legal client, Christopher Burruss, who attempted to extort him by revealing Thomas Norment's affair.
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Thomas Norment reported that his marriage had recovered from the affair, but he later divorced.
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Thomas Norment restricted press access to the Virginia Senate in 2016, a move seen as catalyzed by the coverage of his affair.
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In February 2019, it was revealed that Thomas Norment was an editor of the 1968 Virginia Military Institute yearbook that showed students in Ku Klux Klan attire and blackface and with racially offensive nicknames, which came to light in the context of the 2019 Virginia political crisis.
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Thomas Norment pointed out that page 236 of the same yearbook shows he supported VMI's racial integration in 1968, and that he led an effort to enroll women there in 1997.
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