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State Senator Leland Yee, 25 Others Arrested in FBI Probe

Dave Iverson

Mar 27, 2014 at

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(Adithya Sambamurthy/ The Center for Investigative Reporting)

State Senator Leland Yee has been indicted on arms trafficking and public corruption charges. The Democratic senator –whose district includes San Francisco and part of San Mateo County– is one of 26 people, including former San Francisco school board president Keith Jackson, charged in the FBI investigation. Charges include murder- for-hire, money laundering and drug-dealing.

Scott Detrow's annotated FBI affidavit:

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Scott Detrow, KQED's Sacramento bureau chief

Marisa Lagos, political reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle

Nathan Halverson, reporter with the Investigative Reporting Program, UC Berkeley

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