4 Democratic lawmakers either arrested or raided by the FBI in quick succession

The Daily Caller ^ | 27 Mar 2014 | Patrick Howley

[mandaladon]

Three Democratic lawmakers were either arrested or had their office raided Wednesday by the FBI.

Two of the Democrats, including Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Patrick Cannon, were charged in connection with FBI stings that caught them allegedly taking bribes from undercover agents. Coupled with an FBI raid that led to the resignation of a prominent Democratic lawmaker in Rhode Island this past weekend, four Democrats have recently come under the FBI’s radar.

Here are the four:

New York state assemblyman

The FBI raided Democratic New York Assemblyman William Scarborough’s Albany office Wednesday morning and also took papers from his office in Jamaica, Queens. The feds confronted him at 5:45 a.m. in a hotel room, where they seized his smartphone. FBI investigators asked Scarborough about per diem reimbursements received by state lawmakers.

“I’m innocent, but I understand the reality,” Scarborough told reporters at the state capitol Wednesday. “I don’t know what’s going to go on. I am going to talk to a lawyer, this is just stunning to me.”

Scarborough was first elected to the Assembly from a primarily Queens County district in 1994.

California state senator

Democratic California state Sen. Leland Yee was arrested Wednesday for wire fraud and conspiracy to deal firearms as part of an FBI sweep in Sacramento and the Bay Area. The gun-control proponent allegedly conspired to facilitate an undercover agent’s purchase of illegal firearms, which would be imported through a port in Newark, N.J.

Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, an organized crime figure in Chinatown, was arrested as part of the investigation that nabbed Yee.

Yee allegedly traded “official acts” for donations from undercover agents, and took $10,000 from an undercover agent to make a call to the California Department of Public Health passing along kind words about a potential contractor.

[mandaladon]

Can't keep up with so many corrupt RATS!

[AppyPappy]

You bust 4.

Then you call the others and ask for cooperation with some Senate campaigns

[mandaladon]

Don’t expect to see much coverage about this on the MSM.

[maddog55]

RINO’s aren’t any better. Government is corrupt period.

[cuban leaf]

4 Democratic lawmakers either arrested or raided by the FBI in quick succession

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This was not lost on me. Neither is all the J.P Morgan bankers offing themselves.

Things are not as they seem.

[Gen.Blather]

All this direct bribery stopped at the time of Abscam. The video of senators stuffing bundles of cash in their suit pockets was too damning. For a long time bribes were laundered through publishers who were paid to give big book contracts for titles like, “It takes a village.” The other way was to give the bribe to the party as a “donation.” The party would get it to the politician and arrange the favor.

It worked perfectly. What happed? Did everybody get complacent? Or, did the cut taken by publishers and party offiials get to high?

[skinkinthegrass]

and think, these are the most corrupt... think of all the
articles were "spiked" due to political pressure.

[88keys]

Maybe that's the motive...I mean, this is Holder's Justice Department we're talking about here, right?

So you know there's some underlying reason for this besides just arresting a bunch of corrupt politicians, all of whom happen to be Democrats...

Is that too tin-foil hat? lol

[mandaladon]

However the MSM does not cover this the same way when it’s a Republican

[El Cid]

Sounds like there were also a half-dozen of these Dem Criminals that were queued to be taken down in Pennsylvania — until the Dem State Attorney squashed the the charges.

[Red Badger]

These are all low-level hucksters. Need to clean out DC...........

[Red Badger]

The gun-control proponent allegedly conspired to facilitate an undercover agent’s purchase of illegal firearms, which would be imported through a port in Newark, N.J.

I was just doing my own undercover investigation.....honest.....................

[Parley Baer]

“Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, an organized crime figure in Chinatown, was arrested as part of the investigation that nabbed Yee.”

Reminds me of something that would be in a Raymond Chandler novel.

[spankalib]

Once again, the subtle message gets through.
Attention Writers!
It’s DEMOCRAT
not
DemocratIC...

[Jack Hydrazine]

This seems to happening quite a bit lately. Is the FBI turning on Dear Leader?

[Lx]

All this direct bribery stopped at the time of Abscam. The video of senators stuffing bundles of cash in their suit pockets was too damning. For a long time bribes were laundered through publishers who were paid to give big book contracts for titles like, “It takes a village.” The other way was to give the bribe to the party as a “donation.” The party would get it to the politician and arrange the favor.

It worked perfectly. What happed? Did everybody get complacent? Or, did the cut taken by publishers and party offiials get to high?

You've certainly got their number.

[Artcore]

Rush is making the point now (speculating) that the Dems might be trying to get rid of all their “bad apples” before the next election cycle.

He doesn’t seem to think the FBI would turn on Dear Leader.

[Norseman]

Hmmm....maybe a higher-up in the FBI is getting fed up with Holder’s corrupting the Dept. of Justice?

[Norseman]

>>It’s DEMOCRAT
not
DemocratIC...<<

Yes, it takes a while to train oneself, but it’s a satisfying exercise.

[Billthedrill]

I put Yee in a different category from the others. Big-time gun running on the part of a rabid anti-gunner, smuggling deals with Islamic terrorists - maybe it was a bribery sting that got them there, but this guy is a real piece of work.

Allegedly.