Indicted lawmaker leaves fate of a half million dollars unclear (shoulder fired missiles)

LA Times ^ | 5/22/14 | Paige St. John

[Libloather]

A small part of more than $800,000 that was parked in campaign accounts controlled by indicted or convicted California lawmakers is making its way back to contributors, but more than half a million dollars remains missing..

At the time of his arrest on bribery and corruption charges in March, Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) had $134,000 cash in his secretary of state campaign account and had weeks earlier sent more than $518,000 to a Los Angeles media agency for future campaign commercials.

Campaign finance reports filed with the state by Thursday's reporting deadline show the indicted lawmaker had reduced that account to just over $29,000, returning checks for nearly $20,000, and paid bills, including a small check to his criminal defense lawyer.

[Libloather]

Though Yee's name remains on the ballot in next month's primary, he withdrew from the race in March.

I bet the perp wins.

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Oh Yee of little faith...

[freekitty]

Extortion and quid pro quo. Make them admit what they are doing.

[blueplum]

the media agency should cough up that ‘future ads’ money