Virginia lawmaker says his calls with Senator Lucas were wiretapped during probe
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam disclosed that the DOJ and FBI monitored his phone conversations with Virginia Senator L. Louise Lucas as part of the corruption investigation into the senator.
Representative Suhas Subramanyam announced that the Department of Justice and the FBI intercepted his calls with Virginia state Senator L. Louise Lucas during the ongoing corruption probe into the longtime legislator. He said the monitoring took place from March to May, a timeframe that overlapped with the peak of the Virginia redistricting referendum campaign and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s effort to compel former Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify.
Subramanyam blamed President Donald Trump’s DOJ for the surveillance, suggesting it was intended to deter Democrats from opposing the administration. Earlier, the FBI had executed multiple court-approved searches of Lucas’s Portsmouth office and an adjacent cannabis dispensary. Lucas, who chairs the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee and serves as president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate, has not disclosed the specific reasons for the investigation.
Why it matters
The alleged wiretapping raises concerns about political surveillance and the use of federal agencies for partisan purposes.
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