Posted on 03/26/2014 6:32:21 PM PDT by bkopto
State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) was charged Wednesday with conspiring to commit wire fraud and traffic firearms, part of a sweeping public corruption case outlined by federal prosecutors.
The charges sent shock waves through the San Francisco and Sacramento political establishments, as FBI agents searched Yee's Capitol office. Last year the FBI raided the offices of Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello), who was targeted in a bribery sting.
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The indictment alleges Yee and Jackson defrauded "citizens of honest services" and were involved in a scheme to traffic firearms in exchange for thousands in campaign donations to the senator.
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The gun charges go against Yee's stand as a gun control advocate.
In 2006, Yee was named to the Gun Violence Prevention Honor Roll by the Brady Campaign for his efforts that included co-authoring a first-in-the-nation bill to require new semiautomatic handguns be equipped with ballistics identification technology known as micro-stamping.
In 2013, he stood with law enforcement officials and then-Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to propose a bill that would regulate assault weapons.
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I have to say I’m confused. Yee gets arrested for gun trafficking but Holder gets a pass on FAST AND FURIOUS.
He mentioned Yee today as being the one who wanted him banned because he mimicked a Chinese official.
Thanks for the note!
Wow, that is strange.
One from San Fransicko.
Legalize drugs and abortion to prevent black markets... but that idea stops with selling guns for those who do not practice these two vice I guess.
People are retarded.
Wow! The FBI is going after actual criminals? And Democrat criminals! That’s the icing on the cake.
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