No specific allegations have been released; however, CBS is reporting the FBI raid on Virginia State Senator L. Louise Lucas appears to be in relation to a bribery scheme connected to a marijuana dispensary business where Lucas was a partner.
VIRGINIA (CBS) – The FBI on Wednesday searched the office of longtime Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas in Portsmouth, Virginia, a bureau spokesperson told CBS News.
Lucas was a key figure in pushing a new congressional map through Virginia’s legislature that adds four Democratic-leaning seats. The map was approved in a ballot referendum in April but is currently on hold while the Virginia Supreme Court considers the legality of the new map.
Investigators are looking into an alleged bribery scheme in connection with the marijuana dispensary business, according to a source familiar with the matter.
A cannabis dispensary co-owned by Lucas was also being searched by federal law enforcement officials, the spokesperson confirmed.
There was no public statement on what investigation is specifically focused on or what the court-authorized law enforcement activity is related to. A source familiar with the matter said the investigation started during the Biden administration. (read more)
Publish all her financial disclosure statements; all her property ownership interests; any other publicly available information that will contribute to a fuller and more complete picture of how her financial holdings have grown while she’s been in office.
Also check under their mattress and safe or blocks of frozen cash in the freezer.
Without a doubt, guilty as sin….
Daddy told her to keep about $10k in cash handy.
You can do that with Leah’s toolkit:
https://linktr.ee/theleahfiles#549040515
https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/is-accountability-a-pipe-dream-rep
She has been in office since 1992.
She was instrumental in legalizing pot in Virginia.
Did she have her hand in the pot?
LOL
Drain the Virginia Swamp
: )
#ButNothingsHappening
The first rule of being a dealer is to not get messed up by their own supply.
Small beans compared to the rest of the illicit business likely to be in this case.
She was instrumental in legalizing pot in Virginia.
Best check her ties to China.
Her political career just went up in smoke.
You want good weed?
Come to my store for the best indeed.
I am black and I am proud.
If they try to arrest me I’ll be singing loud!
Sayin’ “Trump’s RACIST, TRUMP’S RACIST!
No Justice …no Peace…
No piece no justice.
neil young?
There was a mayor of Fall River Mass. that was involved with illegal conduct and weed, green bud, wacky tobaci….
Almost sounds the same?
These individuals in federal government and state governments are involved in ALL of these Grows of dope.
China is the main operator and Grower and suppliers to “Dispensaries” sliding big cash bucks that are undetectable.
There is definitely something in this.
Governor Mill’s extended family has ties with grows of Chinese Triad dope in Maine.
Here in Indiana, in the Dem primary for State Senate District 31 yesterday, a man named Andrew Dezelan lost but still received nearly 1200 votes.
Dezelan was arrested on May 5 for cocaine possession and resisting arrest while canvassing in the district. He was apparently “high on his own supply.” And 1200 Democrats voted for him.
You are exactly right. There are politicians from both parties at every level of government who are involved with the drug business.
The first rule of being a drug dealer is also the first rule they end up breaking…
Yes indeed. 1200 Hoosier Democrats actually cast a vote for a real life “Tony Montana.”
El Chapo of the Mexican cartel said that he didn’t run the drug trade that it was governments on both sides of the border that ran the drug trade.
And now he has turned state’s witness, by all indications.
I wonder whether this is downstream of that.
The democrat party is a domestic terrorist organization.
What an odd thing to say. This appears to be a bribery case, not terrorism.
Lol, parents just want to be able to be involved in their children’s education that’s forced upon them, but they got labeled “domestic terrorist” by Biden’s FBI
It doesn’t appear that President Trump’s FBI is calling this situation “terrorism.”
the democrat party are a cabal of perverts. they want me dead. they say so everyday. they are standing against america in a war that needed fought. eff them.
Yeah, since about the 1840’s .
Bleeding Kansas…
They also lead both parties in corruption! Senator Fedderman is the only Democrat in the entire party who makes any sense of any kind! JMO
Organized crime also applies. Racketeers using our taxes as house money.
Whatever the corrupt business the politicians engage in, the mafia scratches their beards
Country Music Kash will now assume Bondie Bondi’s slot on @ Fox.
Virginia is now in the weeds.
Appalachian Gold is bad-ass weed.
Virginia is a cesspool more specifically Northern VA!
Richmond and the Tidewater are cesspools too.
Don’t forget roanoke, the worst run and most derided ‘city’ in the commonwealth
Rich Men North of Richmond.
Just Human on Telegram has a lot of details on this. He does a great job covering the legal details.
https://t.me/realjust_human
Among other things it looks like COVID PPP and EIDL fraud is part of the picture.
now it makes sense.
I live in the next city over from Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, she has always been shady and I pray she gets what she deserves.
Hmmm…
In addition to co-owning the Cannabis Outlet, VA State Sen Louise Lucas also has ownership in these businesses:
The Lucas Lodge, Portsmouth Day Support Program, and Southside Direct Care.
Those catch my eye. They are healthcare and disability assistance businesses.
Lucas Lodge in particular has a history of serious incidents, including deaths, and the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services website shows multiple Corrective Action Plans (CAP) across the past five years.
In her role as a state senator, Lucas serves on the Education and Health Committee, which oversees Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), as well as the Departments of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and Health (VDH).
I wonder if the FBI raid is in relation to either a) a fraud setup that is similar to what has been uncovered in Minnesota and/or b) an investigation by HHS-OIG or similar.
h/t: This author for much of this information.
https://www.baconsrebellion.com/betrayal-5-lucas-lodge-llc/
https://web.archive.org/web/20220521015459/https://virginiaalmanac.gmu.edu/general-assembly-member-data-bank/senate-bank/senator-l-louise-lucas-d/
https://t.me/realjust_human/17992
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em Louise. The party appears to be over.
“Eight miles high…”
Ha Ha…probably anticipates her race and gender will give her a pass…and until now…it probably has…
Is she wearing a wig? Looks like one my 80 year old Grandma wore 20 years ago…
numbers: yes, that is a wig.
Love CBS’ new ‘non-partisan’ approach, framing the raid as a revenge operation because she redrew the electoral map. In reality these incidents are probably being generated by increasing intelligence on the financial systems that are used to prop up the Democratic Party. I very much doubt that the alleged bribery was solely to enrich individuals, like most organised crime a cut is taken, with the majority going to fund the organisation.
My other suspicion is that all the recent investigations of fraud and attendant criminality, that seemingly riddle the Party, stem from the cooperation between DOGE and numerous inter-government agencies. With the pattern of discoveries resembling those of a compromised network of couriers and their contacts. My guess is that these operations will continue across the country, as the DS shadow financing is uncovered, layer, by layer.
CP: saw reporting that the investigation actually started under the AutoPen regime for this particular case.
I totally agree that having Bessent and Treasury dialed into watching the money flows is key.
Those 2000 mules aren’t free!
Shoulda partnered with some dirty Somali’s. Day know how da get da Benjamins!
you may have hit on something. minnesoooota may have sent the feds her way.
I wonder how many of the Somalians will now go home when they find out they have to actually work at a JOB. Only so many of them can sell goat meat, hijabs, and long-sleeved garb.
Julie Kelly is reporting that this case was sitting on AUSA Elizabeth Yusi’s desk for weeks before Lindsey Halligan fired her.
This was a blunt warning to all VA Democrats about the chronic corruption in their party.
Should have raided a couple of weeks ago on 420 day.
TERM LIMITS would solve so many of our problems with these corrupt, self serving politicians.
Maybe all of those people that took fraudulent COVID relief loans will finally get their comeuppance. So many people walked away with covid money that they didn’t deserve.
Steve Guest on X: “@BillMelugin_ @FoxNews Can’t say there weren’t signs all over the place. Louise Lucas is an illicit drug dealer. https://t.co/Hej9L0rUoR” / X
According to this, she was selling untested weed. Maybe untaxed, homegrown or Chinese?
All politicians should have to submit to random drug testing ,all financial transactions should be public informational ,body cameras worn , if our law enforcement and military are subject to it then these reprobates should be no different
I saw this earlier today on X. The comments did not paint a flattering picture of this woman. Apparently, she’s been throwing her weight around in Virginia for a long time. We shall see.