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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20140411-20:51:00

of the california state senate, will you not find leland yee. he has essentially been erased as have two others in trouble. one convicted of perjury and voter fraud and another pleaded not guilty on bribery charges. they have all three been suspended but they are still being paid their $95,000 salaries. wolf blitzer is joining us. your team is looking into it. what else is on the show? >> as you know, you get these conflicting statements from malaysian officials. one the other day said all of the passengers have been cleared. now not so fast. maybe some of them haven't been cleared. we're going to try to find out what is going on. ken beazley, very impressive guy, he's going to be in "the situation room" and we'll talk about what his prime minister tony abbott had to say. he seems to suggest that they are only a few kol lom tilomete

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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20140411-20:49:00

finance his campaign for california secretary of state. some of his co-defendants, raymond shrimp boy cho, his campaign consultant, keith jackson and dr. wilson limb, a dentist with alleged ties to a muslim rebel group in the philippines. all deny the charges. yee told an fbi agent posing as a mobster that he knew an arms dealer that has things that you guys want but warned this is not a business for the feint of heart. according to the complaint when the undercover agent asked about yee's commitment, i think we can make some money. doi think we can get the goods? i think we can get the goods. prosecutors say the undercover agent offered up to $2.5 million for weapons, such as shoulder-fired weapons, ar-15s and m-16s. all of these allegations and yet yee is known in the state as a

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The Lead With Jake Tapper-20140411-20:48:00

shockingly the gun control advocating democrat was allegedly trying to fund his campaign by setting up arms deals for weapons you'd typically only see in a war zone. in a court filing yesterday, federal authorities said that more charges are coming. our jason carroll has more of the story for us from san francisco. >> reporter: the defendant packed into a california courtroom facing stunning allegations, trading guns for campaign cash. aliases like dragon tin. and the star of the group is leland yee, a california corruption scandal that has angered voters. >> i think it's a disgrace and a betrayal of the public's trust. >> reporter: the allegations outlined in this 137-page criminal complaint, including details about yee's conspiracy to traffic firearms into the united states to pay bills and

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140405:01:57:00

february. this time it was ron calderon, charged with 24 counts of corruption. he pled not guilty to all of them and of course, everyone is presumed innocent, but the fact remains he's currently under indictment on 24 felony charges. then it was month three. in like a lion. democratic state senator leland yee indicted on seven federal felony charges including multiple corruption counts and also gun running. gun running? seriously? yes, gun running. all told, he's looking at a potential $125 years in prison. did i mention that one of the gun running charges was about him obtaining shoulder-fired missiles for an undercover fbi agent? so yeah, that's how the first three months of the year have gone for california state senate democrats. how's your 20124 so far? here's the thing, though. one senator was not only

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140405:10:57:00

corruption. he pled not guilty to all of them and of course, everyone is presumed innocent, but the fact remains he's currently under indictment on 24 felony charges. then it was month three. in like a lion. democratic state senator leland yee indicted on seven federal felony charges including multiple corruption counts and also gun-running? gun-running? seriously? yes, gun-running. al told, he's looking at a potential 125 years in prison. did i mention that one of the gun-running charges was about him obtaining shoulder-fired missiles for an undercover fbi agent? so yeah, that's how the first three months of the year have gone for california state senate democrats. how's your 20124 so far? here's the thing, though. after the first senator was not just indicted by convicted on multiple felonies, that democrat refused to give up his seat. his fellow democrats stripped him of some power, but when it

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140330:19:28:00

time now for hits and misses of the week. bret. >> this is a hit for our colleague and beloved friend dorothy bewenowitz. the city bike program is running into serious financial trouble, in part because of the hard winter and the mismanaged finances. i like the city bike program but it's fun to see a colleague so richly vindicated as in this case. >> joe. >> a hit to the fbi sting that exposed leland yee, a long-time california politician, now a state senator, known as a big proponent of gun control. it turns out he's actually an international arms dealer with ties to the chinese -- >> that's the accusation. he denies it. >> and russian mafia.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140328:16:46:00

saudi arabia. jenna: some high-profile raids raising new questions about the future of the balance of power in congress. the fbi arresting or raiding the offices of four lawmakers this week, all democrats. our chief washington correspondent james rosen is live from d.c. with more on this james? >> reporter: good afternoon. the idea of politicians winding up in trouble with the law or under the proverbial ethical cloud is certainly not new nor by any means confined to a particular party but this week's arrests suggest that the democratic party could face fresh problems in the realm that political consultants and message gurus like to refer to as optics. most extraordinary remember was arrest of california's democratic state senator, leland yee who faces federal corruption and gu yee, who is from san francisco, allegedly conspired with another individual to solicit campaign contributions from undercover fbi agents beyond legal limits and promises to connect one of the fbi agents to an arms dealer. there is patrick cannon, the

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140328:14:44:00

rhode island as well. and mike lesser is here and steve who is a radio show host. this is like something out of a movie. >> this is something hollywood would reject because it is too obvious. leland yee was working to travel in shoulder rockets and 2 million worth of weapons to the chinese bob. throw in there the chinese mob leader is shrimp boy it is too

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140328:14:43:00

tonight. get your brackets filled out. >> you want to be a winner >> i do. it has been hard. new questions after four democratic lawmakers have been arrested or raided by the fbi in just the last few days. firs the mayor of north carolina who pled guilty to accepting money from 48 undercovers. leland yee might take the cake. he is a strong advocate of gun control in the state of california but get what he was arrested for? conspiring to traffic in illegal guns for campaign donations. and a speak of the house in

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20130119:20:17:00

in. >> everybody has a gun. john: that scene from his congeniality times. deal want to buy a gun in texas? it is easy. restrictions just a federal background check. you can get one in three days. waiting periods, assault weapons, after connecticut's it california politicians propose more rules. hundreds of thousands of previous legal guns illegal. then give them to the government. but texas wants to make it easier for teachers to carry what a terrible idea says leland yee from san francisco. from texas, susanna likes the idea of the teachers packing heat. >> because of my background

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