WATCH: Blanche and Patel announce charges for Democratic Virginia lawmaker Lucas

PBS NewsHour22 October 2026, 16:11 UTCUnited States of America

Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the state's most powerful Democrats, was charged on Thursday in connection with what federal authorities alleged was a role leading a wide-ranging criminal enterprise that acquired and distributed large quantities of marijuana and laundered the proceeds.

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