State Sen. Leland Yee indicted on arms trafficking, corruption charges

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 03/27/2014 | Howard Mintz, Josh Richman and Jessica Calefati

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: accepting money for his cash-strapped political campaigns in exchange for favors and promising undercover FBI agents ::

B*tch set me up!

[YHAOS]

“Got caught without plausable deniability? Fail to make a payoff to his Democratic bosses? Didn't hit his bribe quota for the quarter two quarters in a row?”

I don’t know either. Your guess is as good as mine.

[InterceptPoint]

Described on the news today as a “rising star for the Democrats” in California - ROFL

You may have to issue a retraction on your "ROFL". This is California, Home of the Eternal Democrat Party Control Apparatus (EDPCA). This may just be a little bump in the road for Yee.

(ROFL, but this one's mine so it won't require a retraction) ;)

Our Guy Yee.

[from occupied ga]

Wouldn’t he look great dangling from a lamppost?

[null and void]

There are politicians who wouldn’t?

[mojito]

Diversity!

[windcliff]

I might even re-read the articles again. I just love to savor the information.

[from occupied ga]

There are politicians who wouldn’t?

I'm sure there must be one someplace.

[Navy Patriot]

Oh, Yee of little ethics.

Beyond excellent!

[Navy Patriot]

Government at all levels is corrupt to the core and some people still can’t figure it all out.

I think "some" is a pretty large number.

[Navy Patriot]

Fail to make a payoff to his Democratic bosses? Didn't hit his bribe quota for the quarter two quarters in a row?

You're two out of three.

[Navy Patriot]

That pos is a prime example of why we need to destroy the RAT party...they are stinkin’ vermin, parasites, the worst of the worst of humanity (although I don’t consider any RAT human)...

That ^

[ridesthemiles]

Yee is currently running for California secretary of state and had planned to run for mayor of San Francisco.:

IIRC, he already ran for Mayor of San Fran, & that is why he has outstanding debt from that campaign of over $70,000. News here says he was trying to get that paid off so he could have money to run for Sec State.

[Digger]

Government at all levels is corrupt to the core and some people still can’t figure it all out.

It is hard for me to imagine that any other democratic country can be anymore corrupt that this one. The scum from Northern Ca to the scumb of the Los Angeles board of supervisors, the LA schools, etc. Let's just take from the Big Ears muzzie in the white house to the janitor in the LA unified school district & all in between - nothing but corruption.

[Yo-Yo]

I might even re-read the articles again. I just love to savor the information.

Savor the full text of the original indictment.

[Bon of Babble]

Hey if it WORKS!!

Who are WE peons to question what our betters are doing?

[Billthedrill]

In a stunning development that almost certainly torpedoes Yee's quest for statewide office...

Like hell it does. BTT

[Bon of Babble]

You are correct:

“On November 10, 2010 Yee filed his candidacy for the San Francisco mayoral election...On November 9, 2011, almost exactly a year after filing his candidacy, he lost the election, coming in fifth place.”

I heard that he was planning on running again for mayor of SF on Doug McIntyre’s show this morning (Los Angeles).

[windcliff]

Thank you!!!

[ponygirl]

This is California, Home of the Eternal Democrat Party Control Apparatus (EDPCA). This may just be a little bump in the road for Yee.

I'm not so sure about that.... sure, he was indicted for gun-running and bribery. BUT... I read somewhere he was also trafficking illegal cigarettes. In California! They might just give him the firing squad for that.