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Take Two

Leland Yee's lawyer questions FBI investigation

By Take Two Staff
Published Apr 1, 2014
California Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, center, leaves the San Francisco Federal Building, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in San Francisco. The FBI has filed a 137-page affidavit outlining a detailed corruption case against Yee, who is accused of asking for campaign donations in exchange for introducing an undercover agent to an arms trafficker.
California Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, center, leaves the San Francisco Federal Building, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in San Francisco. The FBI has filed a 137-page affidavit outlining a detailed corruption case against Yee, who is accused of asking for campaign donations in exchange for introducing an undercover agent to an arms trafficker.
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Ben Margot/AP
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Leland Yee's lawyer questions FBI investigation

California State Senator Leland Yee has been accused of accepting bribes from undercover agents in exchange for political favors. He's also been charged with conspiring to traffic in firearms, but his lawyer is raising questions about the case.

RELATED: Undercover FBI agents focus in on local and state politicians like Yee, Calderon 

For more on this we're joined once again by Henry Lee of the San Francisco Chronicle.