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Gun-Banning CA Senator Busted For Weapons Trafficking
Filed under 'most ironic story of the day', California Senator Leland Yee, who authored gun control legislation, has been busted by the FBI for conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and to illegally import firearms. As AP reports, Yee is also accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and cash payments to provide introductions, help a client get a contract and influence legislation. House of Cards much?
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against state Sen. Leland Yee in court Wednesday, accusing him of conspiring to commit wire fraud and traffic firearms.
In all, 26 people, including former school board president Keith Jackson, were indicted on charges related to an extensive crime ring headed by well-known Chinatown figure Raymond Chow, who was also arrested and charged Wednesday.
The indictment alleges Yee and Jackson defrauded "citizens of honest services" and were involved in a scheme to traffic firearms in exchange for thousands in campaign donations to the senator.
Federal prosecutors also allege Yee agreed to perform official acts in exchange for the money, including one instance in which he introduced a businessman to state legislators who had significant influence over pending medical marijuana legislation. In exchange, the businessman -- who was actually an undercover FBI agent -- agreed to donate thousands to Yee's campaign fund, according to the indictment.
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and the Gun-Control-legislating Senator explained in the sting...
Yee discussed helping the agent get weapons worth $500,000 to $2.5 million, including shoulder-fired missiles, and explaining the entire process of acquiring them from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines to bringing them to the U.S., according to the court document by FBI agent Emmanuel V. Pascua.
Yee said he was unhappy with his life and told the agent he wanted to hide out in the Philippines, according to the affidavit.
"There's a part of me that wants to be like you," he told the undercover agent, according to the affidavit. "You know how I'm going to be like you? Just be a free agent there."
his character was re-elected after some of these allegations came to light... we assume as long as American Idol is on and the EBT cards still work, voting for the status quo is all that matters... but when do 'the people' of America go "Venezuelan" or "Ukrainian" or 'postal'
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Yee old school .... Only criminals need guns
There are no surprises here. Look at every big city around the country and you'll find stuff like this. What would be a surprise is if these people actually get into any trouble at all aside from the FBI saying they committed crimes.
I love it when the Monster eats it's creators, my favorite part.
the Monster eats it's creators...
This must be the case that had Feinstein all worked up last week. This is obviously a rogue FBI agent / action. I can't imagine his higher ups being aware of this / these agent's activities. Must've been doing some off duty Snowden-esque use of the facts / slimeball political contacts he encountered while "on the job".
Oh man, that's a hell of a good point. I hope that wrinkly old dried up bitch is complicit. If Mr Sulu there sings to save his tight little ass from a trip to the pokey, who knows who he'll pull down with him?
who knows who he'll pull down...
One can only hope. Unfortunately, more likely the judiciary will continue their role as an impediment to rather than administrator of justice when these kinds of things fall through the cracks of legislative and executive "oversight".
jmo.
damn I love these assholes, only in America!
every time I go off about the freak show, thieving , lying, death worshiping, parasitic, public trough feeding circus clowns that infest our nations various centers of government the average sheeple looks at me as if they are experiencing there first alien encounter.
but I can always count on the political class to do something to prove my case... and Sen.Yee just did exactly that in spades.
wait, wait who was he selling to?
please tell me it was a Mexican drug cartel, or an Iranian used car salesmen, or some group of "religious zealot right wing nutters" the DHS wants to fight who believe in things like oh, I don't know, the constitution maybe, the second amendment?
and selling weapons while drafting legislation to restrict and or ban the serfs from halving them? that is just beautifully and perfectly expressive of US hypocrisy both here at home and the world over. the only thing I'm surprised at is this guy got busted, he must have been on somebodies shit list who was higher up the food chain...
Problem it they never pay for their crimes. To do so would end this. This asshole will go to some Club Fed at the worst. If just one of these guys did hard time this would stop. These guys are wimpy, limp wristed milquetoast men, emboldened by getting away with way too much. In reality they are just cockroaches that will scurry in fright if ever challenged.
Miffed;-)
the only thing I'm surprised at is this guy got busted,
this just further proves my theory. the Drool Pool, of african and arab idiots has dried up. they cant find any patsy to go along with an attack scenario. they had to call up the nsa and beg for some leads.
Freedom isn't free, it's got a PRICE tag.....
$1.05
OH MY! ....(in my creepy George Takai voice)
Please, please, please implicate Pelosi, Boxer, and Feinstein.
This was actually just Eric Holder taking out the competition- If anybody is gonna' smuggle guns in this country, it'll be the Fucking Attorney General, dammit!!
Those laws are for thee and not for me.
Here is the full criminal affidavit if anyone wants to read it from front to back.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Yee-affidavi...
Can he jump off a building like the banker's? Save alot of tax payer money for trial and execution.
execution? are you kidding?
This is CALIFORNIA.
He'll be out in 10, write a book while in prison, and become 'reformed'. Then get pardoned by Jerry Brown, Feinstein will give him a certificate and he'll be state senator again, rallying against corruption.
During his recent push to disarm his constituents, this fucker was throwing Sandy Hoax in everyone's face. Turns out he was a very appropriate spokesperson for that fraud.
If the charges stick, no one can deny that he's a real crook. It's not like he was selling a used Toyota for $600 and a rorob.
What?
You didn't think they wanted gun control because they have moral objections to them, did you?
Please! Their minions are too well armed for their hand wringing to be genuine. Here's your sign.
WTF? DIANE FEINSTEIN GAVE ONE OF THESE GUYS A FUCKING CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? WHAT KIND OF FUCKING IDIOT, CUNT, BITCH, DOUCHEBAG, SCUM, BLOW JOB SUCKING FUCKING SLEEZE IS SHE?
"In recent years, the notorious Chinatown gang leader has been telling groups of troubled youths to resist a life of crime while touting his awards from politicians, including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who praised him in July 2012 "for his tenacity and willingness to give back to the community and working 'in the trenches' as a change agent."
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Calif-state-Senator-Yee-case-Shrimp-...
WHAT KIND OF FUCKING IDIOT, CUNT, BITCH, DOUCHEBAG, SCUM, BLOW JOB SUCKING FUCKING SLEEZE IS SHE?
What kind? Why the very best kind of NSA, TSA, PIPA/SOPA, PATRIOT Act worshipping sycophant.
They use pre-programmed machines to count the votes in California.
It's not just Kalifornia.
Hmm! Why would an anti gun liberal get involved in illegal gun trade? Could he be trying to create a problem so he can write a Law to fix it? Let's sell guns to illegals and let them shoot each other, then we can write a Law to make it even harder to purchase a gun.
When a problems does not exist, they will create one to further their agenda.
That is the very essence of the nature of a politician that you never hear anyone comment on. You are exactly correct, it is their M.O., it is their goal. Unintended consequences to legislation are not always unintended. If the job was done to everyone's satisfaction, the politician ceases to be necessary.
Should have cut Oliver North into the deal. Maybe those DEA guys too. Small time two faced moron about to get his comeuppance.
Now comes the msm excuses about this one rotten barrel in an otherwise pristine apple, or is that a freudisn slip?
Maybe he will be suicided.
..makes perfect business sense....reduce supply via legal regs then circumvent regs (illegaly in this case) and supply the wanted product. this idea is exactly why cannibis will be legal/decrim in US inside of 5 years.
Looks like Nancy 'Skeletor' Pelosi ought to get back to California and "drain the swamp" in her own fucking backyard.
Today, Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) introduced legislation to close the loophole.
“There is absolutely no reason why these military style weapons need to have such easily changeable magazines,” said Yee. “While most gun owners are law abiding, I am deeply concerned with these assault weapons getting into the wrong hands, resulting in mass casualties of civilians or law enforcement officers.”
Magazines, or the storage areas that allow for repeat firing, that can be removed by a normal push button in combination with features such as a pistol grip and telescoping stock are banned in California. The law essentially requires magazines to be fixed, or removed or replaced with the use of a tool, in order to slow down the process of reloading.
To get around the law, gun makers have created a new mechanism, or “tool,” that allows the magazine to be easily removed by the tip of a bullet or in some cases by just putting a small magnet over the “bullet button,” basically recreating a normal push button and allowing magazines to be changed within seconds.
“These conversions are circumventing the spirit of California’s assault weapon statute,” said Yee. “Absent this bill, California’s assault weapon ban is significantly weakened. For the safety of the general public, we must close this loophole.”
- See more at: http://sd08.senate.ca.gov/news/2012-05-21-yee-introduces-bill-close-loop...
Little bastard best be getting a needle and thread and "close his own damn loophole", because unless he's some Wing Chung master it's gonna get stretched all to hell here soon.
Thank you @PiersMorgan for your commitment and passion to ending gun violence. We must never forget Sandy Hook.
Leland, Leland, Leland.....these are common and excusable crimes for the ordinary crooked politician -- the IRS must have gotten wind of the fact you wanted to escape (didn't they tell you escape is not permitted?).
A year after Sandy Hook, let us recommit ourselves to working towards a safer society for all of us.
About to go on @kgoradio to discuss my bill to close loophole in assault weapon law. #SB249 #CAGov #CaLeg
If Senator Yee was unhappy with his life in The Land Of The Free as a double dealing, backstabbing, scumbag political traitor, wait til he starts doing time in The Land Of Federal Prison.
Sounds like a case that Mike Roppert should write about. And speaking of Michael Ruppert, where the hell is he these days?
Funny you should ask. Just re-watched Collapse last night and dug up this:http://www.dailypaul.com/313558/ever-wonder-what-happened-to-this-guy-vi...
Sort of get what he's up to based on where he's been. But it's gonna look a little bat-shit insane to people that don't "know" him.
I say good for him.
http://twitchy.com/2014/03/27/hypocrisy-overload-tweets-from-gun-control...
Feinstein (she packs; sworn enemy of US Constitution), Holder (guns-for-drug-lords; accessory to death of US border agent; disarm America), Bloomberg (army of armed bodyguards; disarm America), and this treasonous gangster Chinaman.
Same DNA.
Went way off the Shadow Government reservation. The alphabet soup of thugocracies are quite sincere about having a monopoly on force.
But something like this is an anomaly. It doesn't alter the basic alignment of net tax receivers vs net tax payers.
" ... including shoulder-fired missiles" Now that's really interesting. So the Feds have intercepted one shipment including shoulder-fired missiles. Can we then assume that they have been able to intercept every shipment of these weapons that have been sent to the US, or are there maybe just a few of those babies lying around ready for - who knows? It's downright scary.
I just hope that whoever has those missiles isn't pissed off at congress, or bankers, or, people with stupid grins whose ears stick straight out from the side of their tiny head. Lordy Lordy, what is this world coming to. Shoulder-fired missiles. I sure am glad that Homeland Security is on the job 24/7.
Unfortunately, they'd love the challenge that perception presents.
Too bad the perception is that no amount of SFM is sufficient to justify funding them to think about it.
Forget about a few guns, that shit about bringing in some shoulder fired missiles is fucking incredible. This guy's a fucking traitor and should be shot.
he should be shot with a shoulder fired missle, that would get his attention.
This is such great news, I don't even have the words. SO HAPPY! ^_^
Guns for me, but not for thee.
Privacy for me, but not for thee.
Unfortunately, as educated as California is, I doubt it will be anything but a Republicrat state.
and that's the socialist way - Hitler would be proud of Leland, so would Stalin.
This Lee guy was good at grandstanding on the control laws. Id like to fire one of those rockets up his rectum.
3-4 tweets a day from this asshole... all of a sudden, silence. What a beautiful thing.
With this kind of notoriety, he may be in line for a presidential appointment.
Hey Leland, you can have my guns when you pry them from my cold dead fingers. BTW thanks for screwing up so badly. I'll be sure to mention you and Eric when I debate the next anti-gun commie.
Guns don't kill people. Anti-gun, arms-trafficking Democrats from California kill people.
Calm down, weapon laws are only for the 99%. Fact!
Only $500,000 bond?
Sorry but that looks to me as if they either don't have too much court-usable evidence or they want him to flee...
Here's your passport back, Mr Lee. Please remain in the country.
Funny, no party affiliation mentioned anywhere.
that's fuck-stream media code for DEMOCRAT - in reality, who gives a fuck
another blotus goobermint blood sucker off to jail - that's a shame
here's hoping Leland Yee gets fist rammed by his new roommates on a daily basis - fucking cocksucker!!!!
I've always made this point with gun-control nuts, picture a situation where someone, a random individual, relentlessly tries to convince to give up your guns, even if you don't have one. That random individual keeps telling you over and over how much they would appreciate you having no guns at all, and if you did, that you notified them of having one and that they'd deeply loved to be part of the process of deciding whether you can in fact pack or not.
If you don't smell a rat when someone argues like this, you probably never smell any...
This ZH post crystalizes "the rat".
Just like Fast and Furious. When are we going to prosecute Holder and Obama?
When and only if the MSM thinks its important. Congressional oversight is a paper tiger to the President's authority to block investigations,, as long as the MSM has his back.
Typical Democrat.This is probably going to be a resume enhancer for him.
As much as I like assholes to fall, sting operations are farses, theatre, bullshit substitute for actual police work. Nothing to be proud of.
Gotta downthumb ya because you seem to think that just doing a job you are hired to do should, somehow, make you proud.
No sir, you be proud when you go way beyond your duty. Doing one's duty is no cause for praise.
The Sting is not always 'farce' (sic) and theater. Some might say it's creative.
What is 'actual police work' in your mind?
You aren't too smart are you?
Count Hebulay!
Actual police work: investigate, build a case, collect evidence, document, take action, support proceedings.
As regard to the rest of your shit, your a funny little troll and I hope you never, ever choke on a chicken sandwich.
GunnAddsGalore on ZH!
GittcherGunnAddsHere!
I scrolled through top ten items of Yahoo! news sources (including AP) and found (See Update). I did find items concerning Kim Jon Un's haircut, Taco Bell clowns and Christie's traffic jam scandal. (the link in the ZH article takes you to the Yahoo! AP article which must be farther down the list.)
Change you can believe in !!
Update: I did find the item finally on one of the main Yahoo! pages after scrolling down......but shouldn't this be a "TOP STORY"?
Wai Yu Kum Nao
Leland understands commerce. Ban the competition and your own margins will increase. What he doesn't understand is he will only get a Presidential pass for voter fraud, and bribes.
Hey that is (was) my Senator!
Don't worry. He's also your future governor.
Nothing better than when these socialist creeps get what they deserve.
Yeah, except he WANTS what he's about to get. He used to pay for it; now it'll be 'free'.
LOL - just as hypocritical as the fake christian bullshit and fake family values touting republicans.
It's not hypocritical you may want to look up what Southern Baptists believe in, it's a religion where if you confess your sins and accept Jesus on your death bed it all gets forgiven, so before that it's do whatever you want. The flaw is if you get killed in an accident but life isn't perfect.
Sorry, I don't believe in the big stern white male sky daddy. Meh, re-read, got the snark this time (but I still don't believe in sky daddy)
The Holder Just"us" department will make sure this gets buried quick.
"Filed under 'most ironic story of the day'" A lying-Democrat, liar, hypocrite, corrupt, racist, whore, progressive-liar, holier-than-thou, lying-BS artist is arrested on corruption charges is "ironic"?
Tell me more.
Democrat?
Well, when you fraternize with an ex-con named Shrimp Boy you're bound to end up in trouble.
Which begs the question how Mr. Chow got that moniker anyway? Doing oral pedicures in Pelican Bay?
man, with that image....i really hope Banzi is on vacation.....
Maybe WB could give this image some of his "attention"
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/Chow.jpg
Shrimp Boy got himself intro'd to Sacramento's finest. This story has just begun.
These shoulder fired missiles wouldn't be the ones idiot boy in da White Hud, gave away in Libya to his buddies? I suppose it's one way of bringing them home.
Okay, okay. I give up.
Is this another Onion satire piece or is it the leaked script from an SNL skit.
It just CAN'T be real.
Gonna be a made for TV movie starring Ahnold Swartzkopf WITH PHOTOSHOPPED SLANTIE EYES, dual weilding miniguns and RPG's.
Old Ho Yee Fuk is gonna be famous. Movie comes out just after the book deal.
Book titled " Oriental Prison Bitch. How I survived Incarceration. Not Much Different From Work In The Senate. "
Yee is obviously a dedicated Sons of Anarchy fan.
And what about Holder and the Fast and Furious gun running gang? The Untouchables.
So an Illinois house democrat Keith Farnham had his computers confiscated by FBI in his home town and in Springfield as well for investigation of child porn charges. Four days later he gave up his office due to "serious health issues." Wonder if the wife and kids beat him senseless? That charge guilty or not you never get out from under that cloud I would venture to guess. Certainly your political aspirations must be over. Just saying,,, another Illinois politician.
False flag. Child porn can be put on anyone's computer. It's very strategic way to discredit or even imprison anyone who is out of line.
While we're on the subject, for any CT Zero Hedgers out there -
http://www.nraila.org/legislation/state-legislation/2014/3/attention-con...
This piece of shIt Yee is the perfect reason why guns will never be outlawed in the USA. The good law abiding citizen needs to be able to protect themselves from the Government scum who will try to impose their will on you. Laws for thee not me.....well you can kiss my a$$!!
MOPE slaves