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Last week, for instance, the Justice Department charged former FBI Director James Comey with making a threatening Instagram post against Trump, an accusation that Comey -- who for nearly a decade has drawn the president’s ire -- has denied. A separate mortgage fraud case, ultimately dismissed by a court, targeted Democratic New York state Attorney General Letitia James, who had brought a major civil fraud lawsuit against Trump and his business.

The DOJ is now run by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who previously worked as the president's personal defense lawyer. Under Blanche and his predecessor, former Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ has repeatedly brought charges against individuals Trump has said he wants to see prosecuted, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Halligan was also a central figure in the failed prosecutions of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James; last September, Trump appeared to order former Attorney General Pam Bondi to target Comey and James, both of whom Trump resents for investigating him in the past. Trump’s Justice Department has since indicted Comey a second time, claiming that a social media post where Comey arranged seashells to spell “86 47” was an explicit threat to kill Trump.

The newly drawn Virginia map passed in an April election, but legal challenges have put the measure on hold.

“I am deeply concerned by today’s FBI raid,” Mr. Scott said. “Given the politicization of this administration — an FBI led by Kash Patel and a Justice Department run by President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney — I think people should take this with a grain of salt and allow the facts to come out before jumping to conclusions.”

State House Speaker Don Scott said he was deeply concerned by the FBI search. “Right now, there is far more theatrics and speculation than actual information available to the public,” Scott, a Democrat, said in a statement, adding that more facts were needed “before anyone rushes to political conclusions.”

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, a Democrat, also released a statement on Wednesday in which he said he is "deeply concerned by today’s FBI raid."

‘Y’all can’t arrest them’ Lucas had also been accused of fomenting unrest during a George Floyd protest in her home city of Portsmouth.

She prodded President Donald Trump after Democrats won a redistricting battle in Virginia last month, and often posts political memes that would rival the president’s rough-and-tumble social media presence.

“Get our victory in Virginia out of your mouth while you echo MAGA talking points,” she said in a Nov. 5 post on X. “Grow a pair and stand up to this President.”

Lucas was born in Portsmouth and worked at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard earlier in her life, where she was the first female ship fitter, according to a biography in the state library.

Advocacy for cannabis legalization According to Norfolk State University, where she earned degrees in urban affairs and vocational-industrial education, Lucas was among the first women to graduate from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s apprentice program and became its first female shipfitter in 1971.

“Let’s talk about pot,” Lucas said in a social media post on X in 2022. “Yes, we legalized it and I even opened the Cannabis Outlet after we did! But the job isn’t done. People are still in jail for something that is legal today.”

"Let's talk about pot," she wrote on X in 2022. "Yes, we legalized it and I even opened the Cannabis Outlet after we did! But the job isn't done. People are still in jail for something that is legal today."

In 2019, she became the state’s first Black woman to hold the leadership post of Senate president pro tempore after Democrats seized the majority.

Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger and Lucas for comment. This is a developing story, check back for more updates.

Aside from her radical left-wing politics, Lucas is widely known for her crude and vulgar commentary on social media.

A message seeking comment was left on a cellphone for Lucas. Though the exact nature of the investigation was unclear, the search comes as the FBI and Justice Department have opened a spate of politically charged investigations into perceived adversaries of President Donald Trump.

The FBI and Justice Department have also provoked concerns among Democrats regarding ongoing election-related investigations, including the seizure by agents of ballots and other information from Fulton County, Georgia.

Lucas has been a vocal leader of the effort. “We are not going to let anyone tilt the system without a response,” she said after voters approved the map in April. Trump, meanwhile, denounced the results.

The state Supreme Court let the referendum proceed but has yet to rule whether the effort is legal. The court is considering an appeal of a lower court judge’s ruling that the amendment is invalid because lawmakers violated procedural requirements.

The state senator arrived at her office as the raids were being conducted. She told Fox News that she had no idea what the FBI agents were doing at her office.

The raids put more political pressure on Spanberger, who already is facing tumbling polling numbers as many critics accuse her of forcing down a far-left agenda on the once-purple state.

The search warrants were signed off by a federal judge, who agreed there is probable cause to conduct the raids.