Posted on 03/01/2018 7:34:45 PM PST by ransomnote
California Democrats are speechless as they watch their prized Sacramento gun control senator, Leland Yee, head to prison for weapons trafficking, accepting bribes, and extorting money.
“The crimes that you committed have resulted in essentially an attack on democratic institutions,” Breyer told Yee, who nodded as the judge addressed him. “This is a serious, serious injury to a governmental institution.”
Breyer called his involvement in that crime “hypocritical” and “unfathomable” given his past advocacy for gun control.
The judge gave him 30 days to surrender to the U.S. Marshal’s Service, which will turn him over to the federal prison system. Yee’s lawyer asked the judge to recommend the sentence be served at the federal prison in Taft in Kern County.
SNIP
Yee was arrested by the FBI on March 26, 2014 on charges related to public corruption and gun trafficking. Specifically buying automatic firearms and shoulder-launched missiles from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. MILF is an Islamist extremist group located in the southern Philippines.
Article says he was arrested March 26, 2014. Did they just “forget” about his case until Hillary lost the election?
Yee had a racket going on. Ban as many guns in Kalifornia to create a black market demand to exploit. Make big bucks $$.
Hm, putting on my tin foil hat briefly - it would indicate the whole thing is huge Paddock and this Lee or Yee guy are probably just the tip of the iceberg.
I had it figured Paddock was a “company man” or something. Nobody becomes a millionaire playing video poker. He was laundering ill-gotten gains. And the whole story doesn’t make sense; then all the investigative agencies seem to have a role of covering up these crimes, not exposing them.
Notice the Fibbies were notified numerous times about a sicko who is going to shoot up a school. Normal people would expect, rightly so, for them to keep people safe. Arrest the guy. Lock him up. At least find out what’s going on. Interview him.
“Interview” him. Don’t hire him!!
Same reason Don Davis of Don’s Guns in Indy was all over the national news supporting Clintons Assault Weapons ban.
He was the largest gun dealer in Indiana, with multiple stores in Indy.
My brother and I had an opportunity to have a lengthy discussion with him his about 10 years ago and we asked him about it.
He laughed and gladly admitted that it was because he had several shipping containers of the to-be-banned items and made a fortune off the sales before the ban went into effect.
Shoulder fired surface to air missiles is serious $hit. Machine guns, serious shit. He’s not some disaffected youth, but an elected representative.
He should have been tried for espionage or treason, as an unlawful enemy combatant, and executed. Enough is enough.
Where has he been for the last four years?
Somebody needs to make that smirk on his face go bye bye. “Punchable face” doesn’t begin to cover it.
Yes, you summed it all up great. :)
Whay gives here? Yee was sentenced in 2016. This article makes it sound like it just happened.
From Wikipedia
“On February 24, 2016, Yee was sentenced to five years in federal prison.[5] As of March 25, 2016, Yee is incarcerated at FCI Ft Worth.[6]”
You forgot the RPG’s.
You try to get one of those and we won’t see you for a 100 years.
LOL
Practicing gun running without an FBI permit is where he screwed up.
FBI didn’t like the competition?
Thanks, I didn’t know.
I see he gets out July 31, 2020 so I guess he’ll be runnin’ for office again. /sarc
HANG THE POS!!!
He won’t turn himself in. He’s on a s-l-o-w boat to China.
Oh, hail no. Watch one negotiate a book deal sometime.
In other words - Democrat.
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