Louise Lucas indictment suggests lawmakers knew about criminal marijuana enterprise

Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:29:53 GMT

Justice Department officials claim to know of at least two unnamed state legislators who were present in discussions about Democratic Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas’s alleged drug trafficking enterprise. Four conversations in which Lucas allegedly discussed her cannabis business included one or more unindicted colleagues between 2022 and March, according to the federal grand jury […]

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