Dems blast Trump over Virginia FBI raid but probe started under his predecessor

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Democrats accused the Trump administration of political prosecution after powerful Virginia Senate President Pro-Tem L. Louise Lucas’ Portsmouth office and cannabis dispensary was raided by the FBI. However, reports surfaced after the raid that the investigation into the 81-year-old, three-decade senator was started under former President Joe Biden ’s administration. Scandal-plagued Attorney General Jay Jones — whose comments about envisioning the murder of the commonwealth’s former GOP House Speaker roiled his ultimately successful campaign – cast aspersions on President Donald Trump and "failed prosecutions" of his political "enemies." "We simply do not have sufficient information about the reported FBI activity in Portsmouth. However, several previous actions of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia have undermined public confidence in that office," he said of the Alexandria-centered prosecutor’s office that handles cases in Lucas’ region. POWERFUL DEM’S JABS AT TRUMP COME BACK TO HAUNT HER AFTER OFFICE RAIDED BY FBI: ‘AGED WELL’ "These include the failed prosecutions against President Trump’s stated political enemies, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James that were both dismissed by a judge well before trial. I urge everyone to exercise restraint in judgment until the relevant facts are known in this matter," Jones said, referring in part to allegations of wrongdoing in connection to a home linked to James in nearby Norfolk. Rep. Bobby Scott, a Newport News Democrat who has represented Lucas’ area for 33 years, slammed Trump after the raid. "While we await the full facts of the investigation, it must be acknowledged that this FBI raid occurs in the broader context of President Trump’s repeated abuse of the Department of Justice to target his perceived political opponents," Scott said, before adding the raid’s timing following Virginia voters approving Lucas’ redistricting bid is notable. "Senator L…