AUTOMATED SUMMARY
Federal prosecutors have indicted Virginia Senate President pro tempore L. Louise Lucas, an 82-year-old Democrat, along with family members and associates. The indictment accuses her of leading a racketeering conspiracy that sold marijuana and laundered the proceeds, and it alleges she used her Finance Committee chairmanship to shield the operation.
Lucas denies the charges, and FBI Director Kash Patel said the group accumulated about $5 million in illicit proceeds over roughly five years. The case was made public less than two weeks before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
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