Justice Department pulls NIGHTMARE move | Another Day

Virginia's Democratic state senator who. spearheaded the state's redistricting. effort has her office raided by the FBI. No word yet on whether Cash also raided. her liquor cabinet. This is just another. day. >> [music]. >> Fun fact, did you know Virginia isn't. just for lovers anymore? It's also for. FBI raids. And the FBI is searching the. office of a Democrat in the Virginia. State Senate, Louise Lucas. Oh, come on. Do we really have to mention which. political party she belongs to? There is.

absolutely no reason to believe this is. part of some political retribution. campaign directed by Donald Trump's. White House. She is a party leader who. was instrumental in the Virginia. redistricting effort. Okay, maybe there. is one reason to believe that this is. part of Donald Trump's political. retribution campaign, but it's not fair. to jump to conclusions simply because of. one example. That'd be like people. calling a congresswoman unprofessional. simply because she hits one vape and. strokes one penis at one Broadway.

musical. Sorry, but without more. concrete evidence, this still feels like. a pretty legitimate piece of impartial. justice to me. When Lindsay Halligan, one of Trump's very closest allies and a. former lawyer of his, had been running. the US Attorney's office in the Eastern. District of Virginia, she had been. pressuring and pushing prosecutors to. bring charges against Lucas, believing. that that would be important, a. high-priority case. I'm told that. Halligan believed it would be good for.

the White House to be able before the. midterms to accuse a prominent state. Democrat in Virginia with bribery. Bribery. Now we're getting somewhere. And I got to say, I find it rich that. bribery is the apparent red line for an. administration that traffics in it on a. daily basis. I mean, come on. You've got. CBS's parent company Paramount paying 16. million bucks to settle a lawsuit so. that Donald Trump can step in and. approve their multi-billion-dollar. merger with Skydance? Great bribe. A law.

firm promising $40 million in free legal. work so Trump leaves you alone? Fantastic bribe. And a country handing. you a free plane in the hopes of. influencing your foreign policy? Major. bribe vibes. Look, I don't want to say. that our current FBI director is drunk. on power. But, it sure feels like another case of. someone doing Donald Trump's bidding. Now, the raid of Lucas's office this. morning took everyone by surprise, which.

is why there weren't any news networks. on the scene to cover what was. happening. What's that? Oh, my mistake. There was one network that. somehow got a hot tip. A very. influential Democrat from Virginia, State Senator Louise Lucas, is at the. center of a major FBI corruption. investigation. Right now, in fact, agents are executing search warrants. across the Commonwealth, including her. office. Alex Hogan is in Portsmouth,

Virginia. Alex. Wow, talk about luck. >> [laughter]. >> I mean, to be that fortunate, you'd have. to find a four-leaf clover while holding. a rabbit's foot in one hand, the long. part of the wishbone in the other, all. while your news network spent years. kissing the FBI director's ass. I got to. introduce you to President Trump. Do you. remember? >> I absolutely do. In his first term. Let's bring in FBI Director Kash Patel, Director Patel, great to have you back. on the show. On the road in North. Carolina is Kash Patel. What's up, Kash?

Kash, excited to sit down with you. finally. >> Yeah, thanks so much for making time. >> Yeah, I know. This is There's so much. going on, and there's so much that. you're involved with. No wonder Kash. hits the sauce so hard. He needs to. throw a couple back just to absorb all. that love. Now, information about this raid is. still trickling in. What we currently. know is that besides her office, federal. agents also searched a neighboring. cannabis dispensary that Lucas co-owns. called the Cannabis Outlet. So, clearly, Senator Lucas spent a bit more time on. policy than she did on naming her store.

Come on, Senator. Was local weed place. already taken? The FBI also stated that agents were. executing a court-authorized federal. search warrant in Portsmouth as part of. an ongoing investigation, but declined. to provide additional details. Well, that's where the fourth estate comes in. because when the FBI doesn't want to. give additional details, local news. reporters hunt them down on their own. Senator. Senator, is there anything you can say?

So, as you probably could tell, she. turned her back to me, didn't get out of. the car, didn't say anything. >> We have two employees of the Lucas Lodge. here in this car. Uh, gentlemen, can you. come here and talk with me live? They are here in the car. They uh have. been refusing to make any comment. Uh, but they are saying that they they have. no comment and they don't know what's. going on. Up next, I'll knock on each. one of these locked porta-potties to. find out what's really going on. Back to. you.

The reality is there's still a lot we. don't know about what's happening in. Virginia, but that's not to say there. isn't a lesson to be learned from. today's FBI raid. And the people who. should be learning this lesson, frankly, are Democrats. Years ago, after that. globally televised day of peace/tourist. visit/nothing to see here at our. nation's capital, certain people at the. Justice Department felt that the worst. thing Biden's DOJ could do would be to. give off the optics of politicization. So, in their efforts to appear. impartial, they took their sweet time.

holding those zip tie-wielding hippies. and their free-spirited leader. accountable for their actions. In fact, these same certain people wanted to. appear so unbiased, they didn't even. appoint Jack Smith to the case until. almost two years after that capital love. fest. Now, no one really knows who. exactly these certain people are, but. sitting here today, it doesn't really. feel like that whole optics play paid. off. >> Newly sworn-in President Trump issued. roughly 1,500 pardons on his first day. in office and commuted the sentences of.

14 of his supporters in connection with. the January 6th insurrection. Ended Joe. Biden's weaponization of our government. and removed his hand-picked radical left. Marxist prosecutors. from the Department of Justice, like. deranged Jack Smith. He's a sick son of. a. They gave me the worst of the worst. And here I am. How did that happen? I think we're all. asking ourselves the same question. By dragging their feet on holding. criminals to account, a clear message.

was sent to Donald Trump. And that. message was, "I can get away with. whatever the I want." And he sure. as hell got that memo, because that's. exactly what's going on now. Not only is. this White House a 24-hour corruption. factory, but when it comes to the idea. of bad optics because of an appearance. of politicization, Donald Trump and the. Republicans don't seem too concerned. >> The Justice Department has now. subpoenaed the former FBI Director James. Comey. In recent weeks, President Trump. has signed orders against several law. firms, orders with the power to destroy.

them. The Justice Department has. subpoenaed multiple high-ranking. Minnesota officials. Among those to. receive subpoenas are Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. >> What about Comey, Adam Shifty Schiff, Letitia? They're all guilty as hell, but nothing. is going to be done. The Republican. chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio, is. asking the Justice Department to take.

legal action against former CIA Director. John Brennan. Wow, Jim Jordan leading. the charge. Pretty wild, considering. back in 2023, there was this House. subcommittee that was created called the. Select Subcommittee on the weaponization. of the federal government and the person. who created it was also named Jim. Jordan. Guess it's not just sexual abuse. that he can turn a blind eye to. It's. also his own blatant hypocrisy. What a. talent. The truth is it is pretty hard. to see this raid on a democratic state. senator as anything other than being.

politically motivated and that's because. this administration has lost all. credibility. When you accuse democratic. members of Congress of sedition for. their audacious move of saying US. service members can refuse illegal. orders. When you target a prosecutor. with bank fraud simply because she. brought a civil case against you. And. when you drop the hammer down on people. for posting stupid pictures of seashells. and treat them as though they are. cold-blooded killers. It's a bit of a. tell that you're grasping at straws. Donald Trump is doing exactly what we. all knew he would do if he was elected.

to a second term. He is leading the. charge on a weaponized government and. weaponized justice and I for one can't. think of a way to vocalize how terrible. that is for our nation. He's a sick son. of a. Actually, I think that fits. Before you go, I'm very excited to. announce that I've written a new book. titled The Day After: How to wield power. in a post-Trump world. The book explores. what is in my opinion the single most. important theme that we're dealing with. in politics today and moving forward, power. Specifically how Republicans.

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