{"id":2605419,"date":"2026-05-21T09:37:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-in-disguise-va-dem-leader-being-investigated-by-fbi-gave-side-splitting-excuse-when-she-ran-into-cops-in-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:38:13","slug":"im-in-disguise-va-dem-leader-being-investigated-by-fbi-gave-side-splitting-excuse-when-she-ran-into-cops-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/im-in-disguise-va-dem-leader-being-investigated-by-fbi-gave-side-splitting-excuse-when-she-ran-into-cops-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m in Disguise&#8217; &#8211; VA Dem Leader Being Investigated by FBI Gave Side-Splitting Excuse When She Ran Into Cops in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fim-in-disguise-va-dem-leader-being-investigated-by-fbi-gave-side-splitting-excuse-when-she-ran-into-cops-in-2020%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605419&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Virginia state senator, Louis Lucas, is accused of trying to talk her way out of a vandalism charge involving a Confederate monument in Portsmouth. Police body-camera footage reportedly shows her telling officers that people were going to paint the monument and that police \u201ccan not arrest them,\u201d suggesting they should instead contact the city manager. She and others were later charged,and Lucas has since filed a $6.7 million lawsuit claiming false statements helped secure an arrest warrant. She is also suing the police chief for defamation over statements made during an August 2020 press conference.Separately, outlets report the FBI has been investigating her office through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raids-virginia-democrat-louise-lucass-office-in-corruption-investigation\/\" title=\"FBI raids Virginia Democrat Louise ...&#039;s office in corruption investigation\">court-authorized federal search warrant<\/a>, with details not fully provided.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Virginia senator tried talking her way out of a vandalism charge with an excuse so lame it sounds like it came from a child.<\/p>\n<p>Local Virginia NBC News affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavy.com\/news\/local-news\/portsmouth\/sen-lucas-files-6-7m-lawsuit-against-portsmouth-police-chief-sergeant-over-charges-she-faced-after-confederate-monument-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAVY-TV<\/a> reports Democrat Louis Lucas found herself at a Confederate monument on June 10, 2020, in Portsmouth, Virginia along with several others \u2013 notably members of the NAACP \u2013 who planned to vandalize it in the name of racial justice.<\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth Police Sergeant Kevin McGee made a sworn statement that Lucas told police the mob were going to paint the monument and they couldn\u2019t stop them.<\/p>\n<p>WAVY-TV obtained police body camera footage where the senator told officers, \u201cI\u2019m Senator Louise Lucas. I know I\u2019m in disguise, but they are going to put some paint on this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can not arrest them. You need to call Dr. Patton, because they are going to do it,\u201d Lucas said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t stop them. This is city property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dr. Patton referenced is then-City Manager Lydia Pettis Patton.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what Lucas thought that statement communicated.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s a public official so its ok for people to commit crimes?<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, Lucas and fourteen other people <em>were <\/em>charged with crimes; destruction of property and conspiracy to commit a felony were hers.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas has since filed a $6.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >7 million dollar lawsuit alleging false statements<\/a> were made to obtain an arrest warrant by police leadership.<\/p>\n<p>She is also suing Police Chief Angela Greene for defamation, claiming she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-gop-governor-rips-mlb-for-caving-to-cancel-culture-says-president-biden-is-lying-about-voting-reform-bill\/\" title=\"Georgia GOP Governor Rips MLB For \u2018Caving To Cancel Culture,\u2019 Says President Biden Is \u2018Lying\u2019 About Voting Reform Bill\">made false statements<\/a> about Lucas during an August 2020 press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas doesn\u2019t seem to be the most cunning of public officials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/05\/06\/louise-lucas-fbi-virginia-00908222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> reported May 6 Lucas\u2019 office was the target of an ongoing probe by the FBI did there were not specifics given as about the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI said it was \u201cexecuting a court-authorized federal search warrant in Portsmouth,\u201d that the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/l-louise-lucas-corruption-fbi-virginia-redistricting-845b64e5f9df0beb5dbd10676f1be436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> adds started under former President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>This instance is more proof that the 2020 riots were not \u201cgrassroots\u201d or \u201cspontaneous.\u201d Democrat officials did not just pay lip service to the mob, trying to downplay the violence as legacy media outlets ran \u201cmostly peaceful\u201d chyrons.<\/p>\n<p>They were active participants in the chaos.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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