NORFOLK — Nearly two weeks after FBI agents raided the businesses of state Sen. Louise Lucas in Portsmouth, she said she still knows nothing about the raid or what’s being investigated. On May 6, a bevy of federal agents executed search warrants on the office and businesses of Lucas, including The Cannabis Outlet in Portsmouth. The FBI also raided The CBD Shoppe in Norfolk the same day. The ...
A U.S. District Court judge authorized the FBI to monitor state Sen. Louise Lucas’ phone communications between March 6 and April 6 of this year, according to sealed federal court records.
The FBI is executing a search warrant in Portsmouth, where Hampton Roads television stations are showing FBI agents at a building housing offices of state Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth.
Virginia political leaders on Thursday reacted to the news that a Norfolk grand jury charged state Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, with racketeering conspiracy, money laundering and illegal distribution of marijuana.
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche insisted that the timing of a high-profile, televised indictment of Sen. Louise Lucas had nothing to do with "political payback." Larry Sabato isn't buying it.
The indictment alleges Lucas "approved and directed criminal activities and other activities in furtherance of the enterprise's affairs, arranged for the acquisition and distribution of marijuana, supervised the laundering of marijuana proceeds, used her political influence to attempt to influence Virginia legislation for the benefit of herself and family."
