California state senator gets prison for taking bribes

[Jim]

   
Ex-California state senator gets prison for taking bribes



LOS ANGELES – Former California state Sen. Ron Calderon was sentenced Friday to 3½ years in prison in a corruption scandal in which he acknowledged taking bribes in exchange for his influence in Sacramento.
 
U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder imposed the sentence in Los Angeles after listening to Calderon emotionally ask to remain under house arrest or "at least get me home to my family sooner."
 
Federal prosecutors had asked for a 5-year prison term in a blistering brief that mocked Calderon for making false and misleading claims about bribes he accepted and distorting his previous admissions in court.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/21/ex-california-state-senator-gets-prison-for-taking-bribes.html

[chuck_curtis]

His comrades will tell us that the only thing he did wrong was that he got caught.  No biggie.  He should have gotten tips from comrade Klinton.

[emilyB]

He's a good example of why government officials aren't trusted anymore.  They are put in these positions in State and Federal government for the purpose of serving their constituents, State and country, but they end up serving themselves and just look at his role model in the Democrat party.