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Anti-Game-Violence Legislator Arrested, Faces Gun Trafficking Charges

Posted by Soulskill on from the should-have-stayed-home-and-played-GTA dept.

Several readers sent word that California State Senator Leland Yee was arrested today. He's accused of conspiring to traffic guns and commit wire fraud, to defraud citizens of honest services, and bribery. The complant (PDF) also names 25 other defendants. Yee is known for pushing legislation that would ban the sale of violent video games to minors. "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. The indictment also describes an August 2013 exchange in which [former school board president Keith Jackson] told an undercover officer that Yee had an arms trafficking contact. Jackson allegedly said Yee could facilitate a meeting for a donation."

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  1. Re:What party was that again... by artor3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ahem

    Here's the blurb in the New York Times on this topic. Party affiliation is in the second sentence.

    Stop lying.

  2. Re:Well actually he's pretty solidly anti-gun too. by Megol · · Score: 0, Troll
    The standard procedure if a person is suspected to carry drugs internally is to put them in a cell with a toilet that captures feces.

    The other alternatives are used if the person is suspected not only to carry drugs but to carry drugs that have started to leak into their body.

    And that, Mr Checksum, is done in order to save the suspects life.