Hmmm...
In addition to co-owning the Cannabis Outlet, VA State Sen. Louise Lucas also has ownership in these businesses:
The Lucas Lodge, Portsmouth Day Support Program, and Southside Direct Care.
Those catch my eye. They are healthcare and disability assistance businesses.
Lucas Lodge in particular has a history of serious incidents, including deaths, and the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services website shows multiple Corrective Action Plans (CAP) across the past five years.
In her role as a state senator, Lucas serves on the Education and Health Committee, which oversees Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), as well as the Departments of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) and Health (VDH).
I wonder if the FBI raid is in relation to either a) a fraud setup that is similar to what has been uncovered in Minnesota and/or b) an investigation by HHS-OIG or similar.
h/t: This author for much of this information.
baconsrebellion.com/betrayal-5-luc…
web.archive.org/web/2022052101…
The FBI raid is focused on at least two locations (the Cannabis Outlet and the Lucas's office), which are right next door to one another.
A LIVE feed from Fox is here
"At least 10 locations are being looked at today."
Lucas Lodge is headquartered in the same offices.
It looks like Lucas Lodge, Lucas Transportation (note the vans in the parking lot), Portsmouth Day Support Program, and Southside Direct Care Provider are all in that same building.
lucas-lodge.com/index.php/serv…
"Lucas’ daughter, Lisa, arrived at her office and told 10 On Your Side’s Andy Fox that she did not know why there was an FBI presence. However, she did confirm it was not related to healthcare.
'Nothing to do with healthcare. I don’t know, they’re here to search everything,' she said."
😁
wavy.com/news/local-new…
“Two people familiar with the case said the search was related to an investigation opened during the Biden administration that has continued, examining possible corruption and bribery related to marijuana dispensary businesses.
F.B.I. agents executed a search warrant at Ms. Lucas’s office and a neighboring marijuana dispensary, according to people familiar with the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe an open investigation. Other locations were also searched, the people said.”
archive.is/d1loh
Interesting thread here
Earlier in the thread I speculated the bribery and corrupting probe could be related to the healthcare services Lucas owns and that are also headquartered in that same office building.
Media are reporting it’s tied to the cannabis outlet.
The thread from @NoVA_Campaigns brings in the highly intriguing possibility of the criminal probe being in connection with the infrastructure bill that allocated money for the development of that area.
How did Lucas get so lucky with that?
🤔
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