And justice is served!

[SunsetBengal]

Former California Senator, Democrat Leeland Yee, gets 5 years for accepting bribes in gun trafficking scandal. I know that we all talked about this, when the story first broke, but it's nice to see justice finally served to a vile politician that abuse the public trust. I also find it interesting that Yee made a plea for leniency, based on his lifetime of public service, and the judge essentially called him a hypocrite.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/25/ex-calif-state-sen-leeland-yee-gun-control-champion-heading-to-prison-for-weapons-trafficking/?fbclid=IwAR33dhcybQPevKuleKDEHVx0hz-YaILOolEiWXzQcfadtrQHlIBFamwkVwU&noredirect=on

Quote:“I hope that in your sentencing of me, you will look at my entire life and not just these crimes I have committed,” the senator implored U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported. “In the 67 years of my life, I have devoted much of it to the work of the community, to people here in San Francisco and in the state of California.”

Yee added that he was most ashamed to have hurt his family and supporters: “That will always weight on me, and that will always haunt me for the rest of my life.”

Breyer was unsympathetic to the calls for leniency. While holding public office, Yee had accepted thousands of dollars in campaign contributions in exchange for political favors. And on the side, he and two associates had been involved in a weapons trafficking plot.

These acts were discovered by undercover federal agents investigating organized crime in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Jackson, a former school board president who helped Yee facilitate the bribes, received a nine-year sentence.

“It must be that the public has trust in the integrity of the institution, and Mr. Yee, you abused that trust,” Breyer said, according to the Times. He called Yee’s actions “vile” and the arms dealings particularly “hypocritical” given the politician’s history of gun control advocacy.

[Benton]

They've only got 534 more to go on 'abusing the public trust' issue.

[SunsetBengal]

(08-23-2019, 07:32 PM)Benton Wrote: They've only got 534 more to go on 'abusing the public trust' issue.

Oh, I know.  But still, 1>0...

[BmorePat87]

(08-23-2019, 07:32 PM)Benton Wrote: They've only got 534 more to go on 'abusing the public trust' issue.

He was actually a state senator, but either way this is good.

[Benton]

(08-23-2019, 08:19 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: He was actually a state senator, but either way this is good.

You're a bucket of cold water on a winter day.

[BmorePat87]

(08-23-2019, 08:46 PM)Benton Wrote: You're a bucket of cold water on a winter day.

Eye opening? Refreshing? Cool?

[CJD]

It's nice to see people who break the law being held accountable despite their position in society/politics.