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F.B.I. Agents Raid Virginia black Politician's Office

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F.B.I. agents on Wednesday searched the office of a powerful Democratic
state legislator in Virginia who had played a key role in a high-stakes
congressional redistricting fight. 

The legislator, Louise Lucas of Portsmouth, is a senior leader in the
State Senate, where she has served for more than 30 years. Two people
familiar with the case said the search was related to an investigation
opened during the Biden administration that has continued, examining
possible corruption and bribery related to marijuana dispensary
businesses. 

F.B.I. agents executed a search warrant at Ms. Lucas’s office and a
neighboring marijuana dispensary, according to people familiar with the
matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe an open
investigation. Other locations were also searched, the people said. 

In a written statement, the bureau’s Norfolk field office said that
agents had been “executing a court-authorized federal search warrant in
Portsmouth, Va.” 

Her office did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Ms. Lucas’s influence was crucial to a recent battle over congressional
redistricting. Last month, voters in Virginia approved an unusual plan
to redraw district boundaries in the middle of the decade, as opposed to
a long tradition of redrawing the lines after every census, which is
conducted once a decade. 

Democrats argued the new district lines were needed because of efforts
by President Trump and his supporters to redraw boundaries in
Republican-dominated states ahead of the 2026 congressional elections,
at a time when the Iran war and high gas prices are hurting Republicans’
popularity. 

In Virginia, Democrats currently hold six of 11 House seats, but the new
map could tilt that to 10 to 1 in their favor. 

After Republicans complained that the new Virginia political map was
unfair to their voters, Ms. Lucas was characteristically blunt on social
media. 

“You all started it,” she replied to Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of
Texas. “We,” she said, using an expletive, “finished it.” 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/louise-lucas-fbi-raid.html

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