WASHINGTON — FBI agents raided the office of a powerful Virginia Democratic state senator on Wednesday as part of a public corruption probe, federal law enforcement sources told The Post.
A cannabis dispensary that State Sen. L. Louis Lucas has said she co-owns, and which is located across a parking lot from the Portsmouth, Va., office, was also searched, Fox News first reported.
The federal probe involves alleged bribery by the highest-ranking Democrat concerning the retail marijuana business, one source familiar with the probe noted.
Photos and videos from Fox showed armed agents executing what authorities later said was a court-authorized search warrant — and Lucas later arriving on scene.
“I don’t know what’s going on,” the 82-year-old legislator told Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan. “I just came from a medical appointment.”
Agents removed several boxes from the office and also entered The Cannabis Outlet. Three individuals were reportedly taken into custody, and Lucas was seen circling the parking lot several times during the raid.
Lucas is listed in state business records as recently as 2024 in relation to the property
Lucas has previously claimed that former Virginia GOP attorney general Jason Miyares was looking into her business as far back as 2021. She’s also shared posts on X bragging about the hemp and cannabis business.
The longtime Democratic power broker in Virginia politics has served in the legislature since 1992 — and was also instrumental in pushing for a redistricting referendum that passed in April and is expected to net their party four seats in the US House of Representatives this November.
“You all started it and we f–king finished it,” she goaded Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) shortly after it passed by a 51.7% to 48.3% margin among Virginia voters.
Since 2019, she’s served as president pro tempore of the state Senate.
On Jan. 1 this year, Lucas had posted on X that her New Year’s Resolutions included “Retail Cannabis Markets,” “Lowering costs for Virginians,” and “10-1” — a reference to the number of Democratic seats versus GOP ones should the referendum succeed in drawing new maps.
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) said in a statement that it was notable the search warrant executed at Lucas’ properties came only two weeks after she “helped lead the successful effort by Virginia voters.”
The Virginia Supreme Court seven days after the referendum halted the new maps from taking effect while a Republican challenge to the new district boundaries is weighed.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who received Lucas’ backing in her successful 2025 run, told WJLA that she was “aware” of the FBI search in Portsmouth but declined to comment further.
