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IvanFive0
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An advocate of gun control was arrested for arm dealing. Haha
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A California state senator who advocated gun control legislation asked for campaign donations in exchange for introducing an undercover FBI agent to an arms trafficker and told him how to get shoulder-fired automatic weapons and missiles from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.
The allegations against state Sen. Leland Yee were outlined in an FBI affidavit in support of a criminal complaint. The affidavit accuses Yee of conspiracy to deal firearms without a license and to illegally import firearms. He was arrested Wednesday and appeared later in federal court, where bail was set at $500,000.
Yee's arrest came as a shock to Chinese-Americans who see the senator as a pioneering leader in the community and a mainstay of San Francisco politics, said David Lee, director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee.
"That''s shocking news to me," San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said when asked about Yee's arrest, according to CBS San Francisco. "It's many years of public service so, I don't know what's occurred there ... I hope for the best."
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. He or members of his campaign staff accepted at least $42,800 in cash or campaign contributions from undercover FBI agents in exchange for carrying out the agents' specific requests, the court documents allege.
Yee discussed helping the agent get weapons worth $500,000 to $2.5 million, including shoulder-fired automatic weapons and missiles, and took him through the entire process of acquiring them from a Muslim separatist group in the Philippines to bringing them to the United States, according to the affidavit by FBI Special Agent Emmanuel V. Pascua.
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."
The introduction with the trafficker took place at a San Francisco restaurant earlier this month, according to the documents. Yee said he wouldn't go to the Philippines until November.
"Once things start to move, it's going to attract attention. We just got to be extra-extra careful," he said, according to court documents.
The affidavit names Yee and 25 others, including Raymond Chow, a onetime gang leader with ties to San Francisco's Chinatown known as "Shrimp Boy," and Keith Jackson, Yee's campaign aide. Jackson is accused of multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.
Chow and Yee were arrested Wednesday during a series of raids in Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.
According to court documents, Yee performed "official acts" in exchange for donations from undercover FBI agents, as he sought to dig himself out of a $70,000 debt incurred during a failed San Francisco mayoral bid.
Yee is also accused of accepting $10,000 in January 2013 from an undercover FBI agent in exchange for making a call to the California Department of Public Health in support of a contract was considering.
The agent who discussed arms with Yee presented himself as a member of Ghee Kung Tong, a fraternal organization in San Francisco's Chinatown that Chow reportedly headed. It was among the sites searched Wednesday.
Firefighters were seen going inside with a circular saw and later said they had cracked a safe. FBI agents were seen coming out with boxes and trash bags full of evidence that they loaded into an SUV.
Chow is accused of money laundering, conspiracy to receive and transport stolen property and conspiracy to traffic contraband cigarettes.
Yee, 65, represents western San Francisco and much of San Mateo County. He is best known for his efforts to strengthen open records, government transparency and whistleblower protection laws.
Chow ran a Chinese criminal organization with ties to Hong Kong and was convicted of gun charges. But he had recently been held up as an example of successful rehabilitation and was praised for his work in the community.
A man was charged last year for threatening Yee over legislation that he proposed to limit rapid reloading of assault weapons. The bill would have prohibited the use of devices that allow users to swiftly reload military-style assault weapons. Lee also authored legislation that that would have required the state to study safe storage of firearms.
Chow acknowledged in an unpublished autobiography that he ran prostitution rings in the 1980s, smuggled drugs and extorted thousands from business owners as a Chinatown gang member, KGO-TV reported two years ago.
In 1992, Chow was among more than two-dozen people indicted on racketeering charges for their alleged involvement in crimes ranging from teenage prostitution to an international drug trade mostly involving heroin.
He was later convicted of gun charges and sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. He spent 11 years in prison and was released in 2003 after he cut a deal with the government to testify against another high-ranking associate, Peter Chong. Chong was later convicted of racketeering.
Chow told KGO-TV in a 2012 interview that he had changed and was working with at-risk children in San
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i read this and thought, this is too good to be true. well ill be dammed lmao!
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Got exactly what he deserved
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You can't trust these gun control advocates. There's always a hidden agenda with every law they pass while most are too busy, stupid or oblivious to what they are doing. ![[BS flag]](graemlins/bs_flag.gif)
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If you made "super strict" laws about taking bribes and conspiring to commit felonies then this would never happen. Sound familiar? Lol
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I think all these politicians should be put to death when they are caught doing shit like this. That fucker doesn't want me to own a semi auto rifle.....Yet he is doing business with terrorist.
Part of me is surprised Eric Holder didn't stop the sting operation considering this guy is a left wing Democrat.
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Originally posted by SLOWBACK 67:
I think all these politicians should be put to death when they are caught doing shit like this. That fucker doesn't want me to own a semi auto rifle.....Yet he is doing business with terrorist.
Part of me is surprised Eric Holder didn't stop the sting operation considering this guy is a left wing Democrat.
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Just a crazy story.....
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Straight out of a movie.
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Straight out of a movie.
Right! I was talking about this to the wife, saying the same thing. You couldn't of made it up any better. Funny he wants to ban Air soft toys, yet is selling full auto machine guns. Maybe if he did a back ground check on the people he was trying to sell the guns to. He might of found out they were fbi. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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Originally posted by blackfifty:
Straight out of a movie.
Right! I was talking about this to the wife, saying the same thing. You couldn't of made it up any better. Funny he wants to ban Air soft toys, yet is selling full auto machine guns. Maybe if he did a back ground check on the people he was trying to sell the guns to. He might of found out they were fbi.
It's mind blowing to think this individual creates gun control laws.
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Fuck that guy! ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
I'm going to take my happy ass to Elite arms in Manteca!
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Originally posted by blackfifty:
Straight out of a movie.
Right! I was talking about this to the wife, saying the same thing. You couldn't of made it up any better. Funny he wants to ban Air soft toys, yet is selling full auto machine guns. Maybe if he did a back ground check on the people he was trying to sell the guns to. He might of found out they were fbi.
Hahahaha! !!!!!!!! ![[worship]](graemlins/worship.gif)
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Originally posted by blackfifty:
Straight out of a movie.
Right! I was talking about this to the wife, saying the same thing. You couldn't of made it up any better. Funny he wants to ban Air soft toys, yet is selling full auto machine guns. Maybe if he did a back ground check on the people he was trying to sell the guns to. He might of found out they were fbi.
Excellent point....and funny as hell too!
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Crickets from cobraracer.
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Crickets from cobraracer.
I think that clown got banned for good.
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Fuck that piece of shit. Hope they charge him as a terrorist.
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This is the one time I wish Cobraracer46 would chime in. I'm sure he'd have some nutty liberal/anti-Republican spin to it.
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Good for him. In all honesty, this guy most likely LOVES guns. He just sought to ban them to maximize profits. He was caught because some bigger entity or his business partners didn't want him being the California Secretary of State.
This is no different than all the other dirty politicans who lobby for oil, alcohol, tobacco, private prisons, pharmaceuticals, etc.
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Crickets from cobraracer.
I think that clown got banned for good.
Janet is banned finally.
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Just heard a clip of this bastard saying imagine if the wrong people get their hands on an AK. Guess its ok if His people have rocket launchers though! We won't be seeing much of this in the mainstream because he is a socialist Dem.
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Just heard a clip of this bastard saying imagine if the wrong people get their hands on an AK. Guess its ok if His people have rocket launchers though! We won't be seeing much of this in the mainstream because he is a socialist Dem.
Could you imagine how much news coverage their would have been in this was a Tea Party candidate!
God for bid anyone other then a member of the Democrat party gets involved in a scandal. I'm still mad how badly they went after Herman Cain. Now that's a Black man I would have considered voting for last election. Clinton got a pass and Cain doesn't? Now who's the real racist in the media/politics ?
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Originally posted by SmokinLX:
Just heard a clip of this bastard saying imagine if the wrong people get their hands on an AK. Guess its ok if His people have rocket launchers though! We won't be seeing much of this in the mainstream because he is a socialist Dem.
Could you imagine how much news coverage their would have been in this was a Tea Party candidate!
God for bid anyone other then a member of the Democrat party gets involved in a scandal. I'm still mad how badly they went after Herman Cain. Now that's a Black man I would have considered voting for last election. Clinton got a pass and Cain doesn't? Now who's the real racist in the media/politics ?
Yep this lap dog media is a joke! There is 4-5 of these dems in hot water but U won't hear much about this. This country would be a different place if they wouldn't of trashed Cain!!
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