CA State Sen. Leland Yee arrested.

biggie24420 · Oct 19, 2015

"State Sen. Leland Yee, an outspoken advocate of gun control and open government, was arrested Wednesday on charges that he conspired to traffic in firearms and traded favors in Sacramento for bribes - campaign cash paid by men who turned out to be undercover FBI agents".

http://wearechange.org/california-s...vocate-arrested-in-firearms-trafficking-plot/

http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/California-state-Sen-Yee-arrested-in-corruption-5350602.php

erudne · Oct 19, 2015

ConcreteJungle · Oct 19, 2015

i'm willing to bet he rolls on his accomplices and gets off with a slap on the wrist

Slobray · Oct 19, 2015

ConcreteJungle said:
i'm willing to bet he rolls on his accomplices and gets off with a slap on the wrist

No, he's already plead guilty to one count of participating in a racketeering conspiracy to accept campaign contributions as bribes for political favors for seven different instances and will be sentenced on Wednesday. I'm guessing that for his guilty plea, the Feds will drop the rest of the charges and he will do less than 5 years and pay a $150,000 fine.

I think that he got paid and/or threatened to keep his mouth shut, probably both. It's rumored that he could have taken down the entire CA state Democratic party, which is what most were hoping for. I'm sure that he got paid for being tight lipped on that one. Besides, rolling on the Chinese mob would've be very bad for his and his families health.

Ray

etrain16 · Oct 19, 2015

This actually happened in March 2014, don't know why the site above is reporting it as new info. He pleaded guilty to some of the charges in June of this year.

Charliehorse · Oct 19, 2015

etrain16 said:
This actually happened in March 2014, don't know why the site above is reporting it as new info. He pleaded guilty to some of the charges in June of this year.

I was going to say... isn't this last year's news?

Member 5605 · Oct 19, 2015

Some websites don't date their articles.

I pass on those sites because you cannot tell when the information is current. All they do is stir up old bubblegum.

Irony: Leland Lee