Boxer Statement on Corruption Charges Against California State Senator Leland Yee

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) ^ | March 27, 2014 | U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)

[mdittmar]

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today released the following statement on the indictment of California State Senator Leland Yee on public corruption and other charges:

“I agree with State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg that Leland Yee should immediately step down. If these allegations are true, they are beyond outrageous. 

“I support the Justice Department’s crackdown on corruption, which sends an unequivocal message that there is absolutely no place in public life for criminals who violate the public trust and demean public service.” 

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[Liz]

US Sen Dianne Feinstein (Dimwit-Calif) released the following statement WRT Democrat State Senator Leland Yee's arrest for terrorist gun trafficking: “The allegations against Senator Yee are shocking. It has become clear he has lost the confidence of his colleagues and for the good of his constituents should step down.”

Huh? She's shocked? More like sap-happy Di/Fi's doing a quick CYA before all the dirt comes out.

INCONVENIENT FACTOID: Di's hubby made millions doing deals in China. Did M/M Di/Fi get any help from Yee? From Shrimp Boy Chow? Campaign donations, maybe?

This is Shrimp Boy Chow who was arrested in connection w/ Yee's terrorist arms trafficing plot.

THE DI SUCKUP Di/Fi honored Chow as a "community role model" at the same time Chow was running a criminal enterprise.

[TigersEye]

If ever there were a rhetorical question! :-)

[ObamahatesPACoal]

[TribalPrincess2U]

She and others can express distain all they want.
What will Holder do?

He’ll let them get away with it.
He was never held responsible for Fast and Furious.

[ought-six]

They’re trotting all this out now so the voters forget all about it when something like Russia invading Ukraine within the next couple weeks knocks it off everyone’s radar, and it will be “old news” come the fall when they trot out charges against Republicans so it will be fresh come the November elections.

[PoloSec]

I think if this story gets the proper attention, and not treated as some anomaly, we will find deep roots that go to members of the U.S. Congress and beyond.

But it will not go much further, for even conservatives treat this as some kind of joke, if you’ve seen other threads on this.

[hoosiermama]

Discovery should be interesting. Expect a plea bargain and no trial Followed by a presidential pardon

[EDINVA]

Agree. I opened the thread to see how Babs would twist the facts to conclude that Yee is Mother Theresa reincarnated.

[SunkenCiv]

> I agree with State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg that Leland Yee should immediately step down. If these allegations are true, they are beyond outrageous. I support the Justice Department’s crackdown on corruption...

Corruption? He was running guns. Unlike Eric Holder, he was running them into the US from outside. Thanks mdittmar.

[bray]

He should have known to funnel the graft through a family member like her husband. Amazing how she is nearly worth a half billion since she became senator. A true rags to riches story thanks to no bid contracts for her husband.

Pray America wakes up

[Kit cat]

I live in CA. he is on administrative LEAVE WITH PAY!!! I am so beyond
SICK of this CRAP!!! Trial will take YEARS all the while TAXPAYERS
footing the bill for this slime ball!!!

[WildHighlander57]

Maybe the airplane wall to wall coverage was covering something up...

let Russia get put on back back burner...

then when all h3ll breaks loose over there, bury these scandals over here.

[SunkenCiv]

And so are the other two.

[TruthWillWin]

A D after Boxer but no D after Yee? Par for the media. Not so if Yee were to be an R.