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'Multiple people' taken into custody as FBI RAIDS top Virginia Democrat's offices over alleged corruption
The Blaze ^ | May 6, 2026 | Carlos Garcia

Posted on 05/07/2026 6:43:25 AM PDT by Twotone

On Wednesday, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were seen carrying boxes out of the offices of Democratic Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, a powerful ally of Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D).

A SWAT team also raided a cannabis dispensary located next to the Lucas offices in Portsmouth, according to a Fox News report. Lucas is known for owning several dispensary businesses and had previously been accused of selling illegal marijuana products.

The FBI confirmed 10 locations were being served with court-authorized criminal warrants. The federal investigation appears to be related to alleged illegal marijuana sales as well as alleged political corruption.

“Multiple people” were taken into custody at the dispensary, according to Fox.

"There is no threat to public safety. This is an ongoing investigation, and no further information is publicly available at this time," the FBI added in a statement.

Lucas is the president pro tempore of the state Senate and had previously referred to President Donald Trump as a "fascist" while pushing a gerrymander in the state that would likely lead to more Democratic seats in U.S. Congress.

She arrived at her offices and watched as the raid continued. She told Fox she did not know what the investigation was about.

When a WTKR-TV reporter approached her vehicle during the FBI raid, she drove away without comment.

The Cannabis Outlet store has been owned by Lucas since it opened in 2021. The 82-year-old is a Portsmouth native and was first elected to the Virginia state Senate in 1991. She is also in charge of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee.

She is known for her fiery and foul-mouthed presence on social media.

"How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia," she said in a post from Jan. 2025.

"[President] Donald Trump has s**t for brains and it oozes out of his mouth," she added in a separate post on Sept. 11, 2024.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: cannibas; cannibis; carlosgarcia; demagogicparty; democrats; fbi; louiselucas; portsmouth; theblaze; virginia

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1 posted on 05/07/2026 6:43:25 AM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

I’m in favor of shooting them.


2 posted on 05/07/2026 6:48:09 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: Twotone

Sounds like Virginia’s version of Mad Maxine Waters.

Angry old black woman that makes Aunt Esther look like a sweetheart.


3 posted on 05/07/2026 6:48:29 AM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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4 posted on 05/07/2026 6:49:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Twotone

Cries of ‘lawfare, lawfare!” ring out. Trump targeting black dem pols. AmIright?


5 posted on 05/07/2026 6:50:51 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: Twotone

I wanna see Wheezy Lucas frogged marched without her wig.


6 posted on 05/07/2026 6:52:00 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: brownsfan

#me too. Destructive, domestic enemy.


7 posted on 05/07/2026 7:02:29 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: Twotone

Louise Lucas - D espicable

Who elected the arrogant legislator?


8 posted on 05/07/2026 7:09:20 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: rktman

Well, she got conviction in Virginia over pot? 20 years ago I’d say yes, today I don’t know.


9 posted on 05/07/2026 7:17:47 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: rktman

Well, she got conviction in Virginia over pot? 20 years ago I’d say yes, today I don’t know.

Will she get a conviction?


10 posted on 05/07/2026 7:18:42 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator

Bribery and wire fraud are what her business partner is charged with .

It could be interesting how this plays out .

I’m sure CIA Spook Spam Burger would love to see this crusty old Democrat Plantation House Negro get the axe. Lucas’ spot can be filled again with another black woman, no problem , but if Lucas has to resign or go to jail, Lucas’ network, her power structure will suffer a huge hit and that would please Spam Burger .


11 posted on 05/07/2026 7:27:56 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: Twotone
She's pretty high up in the dim party. I'll bet she has dirt on everybody.
Probably why they're all coming out supporting her.
12 posted on 05/07/2026 7:29:05 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Nice to see all her life’s worth crash and burn. She can blame racism but it doesn’t work these days.

I only wish that Fidel Castro had met the same fate while he was still alive. Didn’t happen because we never fanned the flames at opportune moments. Perhaps Raul will see it. Let Marco yell fire! in their crowded theater.


13 posted on 05/07/2026 7:38:56 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Twotone

What a pathetic, no-class, criminal loser. Hopefully, Justice will find her. Her quote about President Trump is evidence of her being sociopathic scum.

It would be great to see her breaking rocks into pebbles at Leavenworth for the rest of her worthless life.


14 posted on 05/07/2026 7:44:11 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Twotone

Not many seem to know this investigation started under Biden.


15 posted on 05/07/2026 7:46:18 AM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Twotone

Black female victim card being moved to the top of the deck.

Like every other thing on the planet, this is clearly institutional racism!


16 posted on 05/07/2026 7:52:54 AM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: dynoman

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!


17 posted on 05/07/2026 7:53:37 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: OldHarbor

“I’m sure CIA Spook Spam Burger would love to see this crusty old Democrat Plantation House Negro get the axe.”

Abigail Spook Spanberger is behind these raids on Sen. Louise Lucas. There can only be one queen bee in the Virginia Dems Hive. Plus by moving on her, Spanberger gets feared by all thieving Dems there. As in “What has she got on me?”

Thus cementing her rule, spook’s rule. The home of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.


18 posted on 05/07/2026 7:58:36 AM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard. There is no limit to human stupidity. |||||||||||||||||||||||||)
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To: Twotone

Any Virginia jury is going to have at least half demonrats.
It’s horrible, but dem politicians are essentially not going to be convicted today of anything.


19 posted on 05/07/2026 8:09:24 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To: Twotone

Yay! Now do all the other Blue states, and the Blue pockets of CANCER in our Red States! MAGA!


20 posted on 05/07/2026 8:23:30 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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