Powerful Virginia senator arrested

L. Louise Lucas, eighty-two, a state senator and vocal Trump critic, surrendered to law enforcement Thursday morning in Norfolk, Virginia. She faces charges in an alleged bribery and racketeering scheme.

Eight charges filed in indictment

A forty-five-page indictment filed in the Eastern District of Virginia charges Lucas and six co-defendants with conspiring to distribute and possess marijuana, money laundering, and bribery. Lucas faces five of the eight charges.

Scheme used political influence

Federal prosecutors allege Lucas led the scheme since at least two thousand nineteen, using her political influence to enact legislation and regulations that benefited herself and co-defendants while protecting the criminal enterprise from state law…

Over one hundred kilograms distributed

Lucas allegedly directed the enterprise to buy and sell over one hundred kilograms of illegal marijuana. She was indicted alongside her daughters Lisa-Lucas Burke and Theresa Lucas-Lamb, and grandson Ryan Eichelberger.

Sought recreational license for wealth

According to the indictment, Lucas told an unindicted co-conspirator she wanted a recreational license to create generational wealth for her family, saying this is my last chance.

“this is my last chance”

Attorney General condemns conduct

Attorney General Todd Blanche said the charges reveal the behavior of a public servant who will put her own financial interests before the people she was elected to serve.

“reveal the behavior of a public servant who will put her own financial interests before the people she was elected to serve”