FBI Targets State Sen. Louise Lucas
Democrat Louise Lucas has been the queen of machine politics in Portsmouth for decades. Graceless in victory, venomous in defeat, relentlessly partisan, full of braggadocio and vulgarities, Lucas has prospered while the city she represents has become increasingly dysfunctional.
Casino gambling and weed were what she offered the people. Not only are they businesses that prey on the poor, but both lend themselves to certain business irregularities.
So when news broke Wednesday morning that the FBI and DEA were raiding Lucas’ district office, her cannabis business and reportedly her Medicaid waiver services center, no one in the commonwealth who has watched Lucas in action was shocked.
Some knee-jerk Democrats tried to paint this as a Trump administration vendetta resulting from the recent redistricting referendum, but The New York Times quickly reported that that these raids were part of a sweeping fraud and public corruption investigation that began three years ago, during the Biden administration.
Just how serious did the suspected fraud have to be for Biden’s politicized DOJ to investigate a Democrat?
The Washington Post reported, The specifics of the probe remain unclear, though the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the investigation, said it involved allegations of bribery related to the cannabis dispensary. One of those officials said the investigation began during the Biden administration.
Once Trump is taken out of the equation, Lucas’ allies will inevitably pivot and claim the investigation is racially motivated.
Let them. The search warrants were signed by a federal judge. Ten separate locations were reportedly raided yesterday.
While the media is focusing on Lucas’ cannabis business, her bigger problem may be with Lucas Lodge LLC her Medicaid waiver service for the disabled. Investigative reporter Jim Sherlock has been reporting on widespread corruption in Virginia’s nursing home and home health industry on baconsrebellion.com. We plan to run his series beginning this weekend.
Last time we checked, Lucas had not been arrested. Right on cue, she issued a defiant statement vowing to keep fighting for the people of Portsmouth.
Laughable.
Lucas is best known for fighting for jobs for her family members.
She resisted the urge to spew vulgarities on X as is her custom. This was from earlier this week:
This isn’t Lucas’ first brush with the law. During the George Floyd hysteria, this happened.
Various news organizations on Wednesday described Lucas as a “close ally” of Gov. Abigail Spanberger. Some Dems dispute this and there have been rumors this week of sniping between the Spanberger camp and the Lucas team as they worry that the Virginia Supreme Court is about to declare the recent redistricting referendum that Dems spent upwards of $60 million on illegal.
But the fact is, Spanberger sought out and accepted Lucas’ endorsement and relied on her to ram through much of the Democrats’ radical agenda in the recent General Assembly session.
Asked to comment yesterday, the governor demurely refused, clearly distancing herself from the tainted senator.
Republicans were not reticent. Fox reports that “After news of the raids broke, Virginia state Delegate Wren Williams, a Republican and major opponent of the Spanberger-backed redistricting plan, told Fox News Digital that ‘Rumors of corruption and pay-to-play politics have long surrounded the Democratic Party’s infrastructure in Virginia. However, no one has been willing to do anything to hold these power brokers accountable’.”
It looks like federal law enforcement may be getting ready to do just that.
