A high-ranking Democrat in Virginia who has been indicted on drug trafficking and money laundering charges claimed she is being unfairly targeted by President Trump in a defiant statement.
Virginia state senator L. Louise Lucas, 82, was charged on Thursday with racketeering and money laundering conspiracy connected to her family’s marijuana business.
The allegations center around a cannabis company owned by Lucas and her family, The Cannabis Outlet, through which she allegedly ‘disguised the proceeds of illegal marijuana distribution,’ prosecutors said in her indictment.
In a statement shared to social media following the indictment, Lucas wrote: Today, the FBI, the Department of Justice, and
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