SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —State Sen. Leland Yee was escorted into San Francisco’s Federal Building wearing handcuffs after he was arrested Wednesday morning.

NBC Bay Area originally reported that Yee, a Democrat, was detained on charges of bribery and corruption.

FBI agents were at the state Capitol raiding Yee’s office. KCRA’s Leticia Ordaz reported that agents were looking at computers and other documents.

California Highway Patrol officers and the sergeant-at-arms remain stationed outside Yee’s office.

Just after 7 a.m., the FBI confirmed it was conducting raids at homes and businesses in the Bay Area and Sacramento.

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And:

NC: Charlotte’s Dem Mayor Arrested On Bribery And Theft Charges After FBI Sting…


Dems cry racism in 3… 2… 1.

Via Charlotte Observer:

Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon was arrested Wednesday on federal public corruption laws, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte.

Cannon was charged with theft and bribery after an FBI sting operation, said Anne Tompkins, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

FBI agents – working on a tip that Cannon, 47, was potentially involved in illegal activities – started an investigation in August 2010.

Cannon solicited and accepted money bribes and things of value from undercover FBI agents, who were posing as commercial real estate developers and investors wishing to do business in Charlotte, authorities said.

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I recall other very recent similar stories from PA and RI .... it really is the Criminal Party.