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BREAKING: FBI Raids Virginia Democrat Who Beat Republicans at Redistricting

5/6/202619 min

Sam Stein and Will Saletan give their takes on the breaking news that the FBI raided the office of Virginia Democrat Louise Lucas, the bizarre presence of a Fox News crew already on the scene, and the FBI’s reported investigation into leaks connected to a damaging Atlantic story about FBI Director Kash Patel.

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  4. Sam Stein· Host0:56

    Hey everybody, it's me, Sam Stein, managing editor of The Bulwark. I'm joined by Will South and we're here to talk about some breaking FBI news that's happening as we are recording this. A couple stories actually. I'm going to start with the most recent one, which is there is news that broke this morning that the FBI is on the scene in Portsmouth, Virginia, raiding the offices of a very prominent, very successful Democrat in the state. That's President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas, who is the Democratic leader of the State House. She is responsible,

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