🇺🇸 one of VIRGINIA'S MOST POWERFUL DEMOCRATS has just been INDICTED for allegedly RUNNING A CRIMINAL MARIJUANA EMPIRE
And the allegations go WAY beyond selling weed.
State Senator Louise Lucas, 82, has been charged alongside six others, including family members, in a federal investigation involving drug distribution, money laundering and corruption.
Prosecutors allege she used her political influence to protect the operation and push legislation that benefited her business.
Here's the extraordinary part.
Lucas helped champion marijuana legalization in Virginia while allegedly running an illegal distribution operation herself.
The woman wasn't some obscure local politician. She's the president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate and chairs its powerful Finance Committee.
Federal prosecutors have effectively accused a top state lawmaker of using the very government she helps run to protect a family drug enterprise.
Lucas denies wrongdoing and says the investigation is politically motivated.
Writer: Oliver
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