Former state Sen. Leland Yee leaves the Phillip Burton Federal Courthouse after receiving a five year prison sentence and a $20,000 fine in a federal bribery and corruption case in San Francisco ...

SACRAMENTO -- The history of politics is littered with unorthodox and illegal schemes to raise campaign cash, but the method allegedly used by Sen. Leland Yee stands apart. A criminal complaint ...

Leland Yee rushed to get into a waiting car as he left the Federal building in San Francisco, Calif. Former State Senator Leland Yee pleaded guilty Wednesday June 1, 2015 to charges of ...

As details of state Sen. Leland Yee’s alleged crimes trickled out, advocates associated with gun-rights groups jumped on the possible ironies. An affidavit filed in federal court in San ...

“Leland doesn't have that sense of shame,” says a longtime former associate. “He relishes sitting down with a list and calling a million people.” Via a distinctive knack for separating donors from ...

SAN FRANCISCO — State Sen. Leland Yee dropped out of the race for secretary of state Thursday as California reeled from lurid allegations of international arms deals, corruption and Chinatown ...

State Sen. Leland Yee leaves Federal Court in San Francisco, Calif., after posting $500,000 bail Wednesday March 26, 2014, following his arrest on federal weapons charges. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area ...

California state Sen. Leland Yee was indicted last week on charges of international arms trafficking in exchange for campaign contributions. Yee, who championed gun control legislation, allegedly ...

Democratic State Senator Leland Yee was arrested Wednesday morning in a series of federal raids in the Bay Area and Sacramento targeting an alleged corruption conspiracy involving arms trafficking ...

Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee was arrested by the FBI on charges related to dealing illegal firearms, and accepting inappropriate campaign contributions. An undercover FBI agent worked to expose ...

FBI: California State Sen. Leland Yee arrested SAN FRANCISCO -- A California state senator who advocated gun control legislation asked for campaign donations in exchange for introducing an ...

Former state Sen. Leland Yee faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine after a deal in federal court Wednesday in which he pleaded guilty to one felony count of racketeering. The San ...