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.
Don’t you have $10k on hand at all times? I thought everyone did?
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.
Curious how many millions have been laundered through her dispensary.
Thinking billions rather than millions are involved with everything she had a stake in.
A few millions is chump change to professional grifters.
I don’t know about all pot business but here in Oklahoma it’s all underlined china. They never get permits, it’s illegal growers and distributors fronted by businesses established. They tell them it’s all above board legally and basically bribe them into allowing their name in the business.
A couple issues. How did it even get a start in Oklahoma? China money to stupid democrats who think drugs are a virtue.
Greedy businessmen who think a quick buck on the backs of their neighbors is good for business.
Pot wreaks havoc on society, just like gambling. The landscape of human destruction is immense. The morons allowing any of it should be held accountable by the lowest standards. The standards we are prosecuted by.
Governor Brad Henry passed gambling in Oklahoma. I’m sure he sits on piles of money as well as bodies.
Sold his neighbors for cash. Happens everyday.
She was instrumental in legalizing pot in Virginia.
Best check her ties to China.
Her political career just went up in smoke.
Former (now dead) Congressman William Delahunt pulled the same stunt here in Massachusetts.
He led a major lobbying effort for legalization, then “somehow” his “non-profit organization” received three of the initial licenses, all located in his former Congressional district. Said non-profit was then to turn over 50% of its revenue to a management firm run by Delahunt, all while Delahunt planned on collecting a 250,000 dollar salary as CEO of the marijuana firm.
It’s almost as if the legalization movement had nothing to do with medicine or crime and everything to do with creating a new source of government revenue political insiders could corrupt for their personal benefit.
It’s all about the cold hard cash by the suitcase full and it was never meant for anything else.
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?
Bob Marley
You know, there must be an honest black politician somewhere. I’m old and have never seen one in my long lifetime, but if there is a Thomas Sowell, there MUST be an honest black politician SOMEWHERE!
Delete the word “black” and it still reads true.
Ben Carson
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.
We now see our government is in on the human trafficking.
Can we assume that someone in government is above the law? That it doesn’t apply? Or is it they are criminals who place themselves in government?
I know this we as ordinary citizens have no idea how bad the powers that be. People can tell us but it’s inconceivable to our reality. I believe the average person won’t allow themselves to believe how bad it is.
Demonstrates how uninformed people are.
Remember Obama?!
You sound surprised, Bruce. Democrats in Missouri elected Mel Carnahan to the US Senate back in 2000. One problem – Mel died in a plane crash two weeks before the election. The Democrat voters simply know to vote for the candidate with a (D) by their name. I do wonder if Mel voted in 2024…..
D for dumb.🤣
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.”
Could be some of the revenue is funneled to antifa, code pink and other democrat aligned groups that are domestic and even international sponsors of terror.
Doubtful. It’s a theoretical and unsubstantiated claim. Drug dealers aren’t known for being generous or philanthropic. The money earned from the cannabis business was more likely to go directly into her pocket and the distributors’ pockets.
China does.
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.
Odd , but so very well liked 🙃
Those numbers rocketed upward at the speed of AI 😂😂
Funny, that.
The Noticing™️will continue.
I thought so, too. My reaction was that the statement, although plausible, was intended to be provocative and conflate two separate matters.
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
The Republicans are in many ways, more corrupt. At least the Democrats are honest in saying they want all the power concentrated in their hands while getting us out of their way.
The Republicans just tell lies while they repeatedly stab us in the back.
Organized crime also applies. Racketeers using our taxes as house money.
Who wish to rule by mobocracy …
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.
A lot more info connected if one wants to click on the YouTube or Rumble link. She has her hands in many healthcare facilities for the disabled. Lots of vans on site, several injuries and deaths reported, but she’s also on the board that oversees corrections to the system. All paid by Medicaid. Somali style corruption????
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
A local reporter out of Portsmouth on scene stated the agents had entered offices specifically related to Medicaid services for the developmentally disabled at her Lucas Professional Center.
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.
And “face tuning” in her official state portrait. Looks 20 years younger.
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!
Correct. When DOGE evaluated the various parts of government spending, they employed a variety of sophisticated data mining algorithms and other software coding. The ability to sift through vast amounts of public data and follow both macro trend flows and then zero in on all sorts of specific transactions is something that was not possible even five years ago. Much of this is public-facing data via the SEC, campaign finance disclosure, non-profit registrations, etc. I suspect that this led DOGE to immediately focus on USAID and USIP. The amount of funding transactions and money-laundering by those two entities was just off the charts and impossible to hide. Turning GenZ kids loose at DOGE with powerful computers was brilliant.
The Senator is probably capable of operating a rotary dial telephone. But she is outmatched by GenZ software coders. If she has in fact maintained business relationships with cannabis retailers and / or growers, those associates will have left plenty of loose ends for the DEA and FBI to uncover.
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.
April 1 maybe
It was close to Cinco de Mayo. Maybe she’s got a thing going with Mexico?
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.
If rumor is true, including Malia Obama who got $10 million.
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.
As a Virginian that is true. She has always acted like she is above the law.
Her daughter is also part of her businesses. So, she may be in trouble too.
Sounds like
COVID and cannabis, Hog troughing political healthcare corruption …..but she dinnin do nuthin.
Virginia’s Pelosi is going down.
Lucas b riding dirty.
Lock her up Lock her up Lock her up
Oye.
“the investigation started during the Biden administration.”
Given how the left is claiming the DOJ is weaponized against Trump enemies, and she is somehow an enemy, this needs to be highlighted and mentioned every time it is discussed.
Along with the fact that she somehow didn’t get an autopenned pardon.
Didn’t make the Autopenner’s list because there were JUST TOO MANY TO PARDON!
Another Black woman in government causing embarrassment for Black women everywhere. What the hell happens to them when they rise into management?
Or as mayors, school principals, other state or federal government positions, presidents of universities or colleges. Is it them, Yogi? It’s always them, Boo Boo.
I’m still waiting for charges against Stacey Abrams!
The funniest thing about this was that Fox News was given a head’s up and was all ready to broadcast the whole thing. Of course that doesn’t feel suspicious.
I think most people are expecting this sort of thing leading up to November.
This administration would be better served making a solid case for itself and Republicans on the whole as people get ready to vote.
They’re all criminals
The same person who wrote this lady’s denial letter wrote Swawells original denial letter
We all know that virtually all Dems holding office are corrupt but are usually protected by the corrupt establishment and media. They are bad and evil and always will be. They are Marxists/Communists/Muslim Extremists and Satanists. They are in bed with the drug cartels and criminals.
The Democrat Communist Party is without a doubt, the Party of Crime Inc. Their voter base is made up of criminals and every type, sort, and kind of degenerate. Is there any wonder they are constantly in the news breaking almost every law on the books? I do not know why more people do not see the absolute evil that is the core of the Democrat Communist Party.
I guess she went “one toke over the line” sweet Jesus.
We’ve gone from having Dem candidates being shamed over claims of smoking pot in their youth to D state leaders owning pot dispensaries. The trend lines are not positive for this party.
This dark soul cannot answer allegations of her actions. Rather it’s all Trump all the time.
Democrat bullshit gerrymandering schemes are how you get trash like her voted into key offices. You always get what you vote.
Pam Bondi’s departure is associated with a lot of these cases coming to a head.
Cause and effect or councidence?
triple “L”…she seems nice /s
God Bless America
MSM media to this point hasn’t been sharing the investigation began under the Biden administration. That ought to take the racism card off the table
Imagine the Day when those Fan Belt Inspectors would smell something bad going on in this country and they would instantly be there investigating it and shutting it down and arresting many.
Now those of Fidelity Bravery Integrity work to frame Certain Presidents and use thugs like Whitey Bulger to do their dirty work like Boston Bobby did.
I’ve read that in Ancient Rome any public official assuming office had their personal financial ledgers reviewed at regular intervals. Any large gain attributed to grift subjected the perpetrator to the death penalty. What could make more sense. Follow the money!
Fani, LaToya Cantrell, Kamala, Stacey Abrahams, Sherita Golden, Lisa Cook, Karine Jean-Pierre, Marilyn Mosby, Kim Gardner, Kim Fox, Patrice Cullors, Venus Lee, Maxine Waters, Claudine Gay, Rachael Rollins, Muriel Bowser, Joy Reid, Donna Bazile, Sheila Jackson Lee, Christina Peterson, Sherri Charleston, Jussie, Letisha James, Loretta Lynch, Tiffany Henyard , Barbara Furlow-Smiles, Jasmine Crockett, Cori Bush, Kim Godwin , Monique Worrel, Cherfilus-McCormick, Ketanji Jackson, Karen Bennett, Latasha Harling, Tanzanika Ruffin, Sheryl Davis, Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson and now Louise Lucas, I see a pattern starting to form here.
Geez, yet another long term state senator. 45 years! With the party line she speaks… ….this admin threaten “our democracy”… blah blah gerrymander snits. Wonder what they’re gonna find.
another prominent black woman with white girl hair. How can you be truly “down for the struggle” and walk around with cracker hair? Something’s not right here…….