The FBI raided an office and a cannabis dispensary connected to Virginia Democratic State Senate leader Louise Lucas, a key figure in the congressional redistricting battle. The raid, which took place on Wednesday morning, was related to a public corruption investigation, a source familiar with the search told The Daily Wire. Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan told Fox News host Harris Faulkner that federal agents were executing “court-authorized criminal search warrants” at Lucas’s office in Portsmouth, Virginia — and a dispensary next door. WATCH: NOW: An FBI raid is unfolding at the office of Virginia Democratic State Sen. Louise Lucas — and it’s already drawing serious attention. Multiple people on the scene are reportedly being taken into custody as agents move through the area. The office sits near several cannabis… pic.twitter.com/WIcn9xrzOy — Fox News (@FoxNews) May 6, 2026 The FBI is currently carrying out a raid at the office of Senator Louise Lucas in Portsmouth, VA. Here at this nearby cannabis dispensary, at least three people were taken into custody. Federal law enforcement say they’re conducting “court authorized criminal search warrants”. pic.twitter.com/UL2c7yAk0L — Alex Hogan (@AlexHoganTV) May 6, 2026 “All of the staffers inside this building were told to come outside, I could hear them saying that they were not allowed back in the building,” Hogan said, reporting from the street in front of Lucas’s office. “Throughout the last hour, we’ve been seeing the FBI come and go, carrying boxes out of the building.” “Just across the parking lot, next to where I am, there’s a cannabis dispensary, we know that the state senator is associated with several cannabis locations and dispensaries, and what we’re seeing is there a completely different scene with SWAT teams arrived with guns drawn, telling anyone in the building to come out of the building with their hands up.” Hogan said that she’d also seen three people taken, put on the ground, cuffed, and taken into custody as the events of the morning had played out. Lucas herself appeared on the scene at one point during the raid, and when Hogan asked for her reaction to the law enforcement action, she said that she had “no idea” what the FBI was doing there. Hogan confirmed that at least ten locations were being “looked at” by federal agents in connection with the same case. Lucas, the President Pro Tempore of the Virginia Senate, was a key player in her party’s efforts to gerrymander a dramatic Democratic advantage in Virginia’s congressional map. She has often jabbed at newly elected Governor Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), claiming that she has a “credibility problem.” Wednesday’s raid was not Lucas’s first brush with the law, as she was previously charged with felony conspiracy and injury to a monument exceeding $1,000 after she took part in a 2020 protest where a Confederate monument was vandalized. Her Democrat allies in the state, from then-Governor Ralph Northam to former-Governor Terry McAuliffe, suggested that Lucas was only charged because she was black. Portsmouth Police Chief Angela Greene, who charged Lucas and 18 others who participated in the protest, was also black. Greene was fired before Lucas’s case was even heard, and the city officials responsible for her termination would only say that it was “a personnel matter” and that she could be fired at any time because she was an “at-will” employee. The charges against Lucas were dropped later that same year. She also made headlines during the 2025 Virginia election cycle when she backed Attorney General Jay Jones (D-VA) after text messages surfaced in which he’d fantasized about shooting a Republican lawmaker. Posting an image that said “Virginia is for lovers, not snitches,” Lucas made it clear that her anger was directed at the people who’d exposed Jones rather than the candidate himself, who’d advocated for political violence. As The Daily Wire’s Luke Rosiak reported, Lucas announced her plan to push ahead with her extra-legal redistricting efforts even then. Lucas also reposted a comment calling her “ruthless,” and said she intends to redistrict the state (where Republican candidates received 43%, 45%, and 47% of the vote on Tuesday) has only a single Republican in Congress. That would involve a similarly ruthless move. Democrats enacted a 45-day early voting period, which caused some people to vote before learning about Jones’ support for violence. But for purposes of amending the Constitution to get rid of nonpartisan redistricting – which requires giving voters the chance to punish politicians at the ballot box for trying such a move – they ignored the fact that many had already cast ballots before they initiated the controversial move, counting only Tuesday as the “election.” Outgoing Attorney General Miyares issued an opinion saying that it would be illegal, but Lucas said, “Your opinions are sh*t. They’re f*cking sh*t.” The newly drawn Virginia map passed in an April election, but legal challenges have put the measure on hold.