California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is reportedly considering nominating Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg for a key state judicial post, even though Steinberg presided over the State Senate during a deeply corrupt era.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is reportedly considering nominating Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg for a key state judicial post, even though Steinberg presided over the State Senate during a deeply corrupt era.as one Democrat after another was hit with scandals and criminal indictments — and he tried to stop his fellow Democrats from being held to account:
State Senator Leland Yee became the third Democrat in the legislature’s upper chamber to become embroiled in criminal wrong-doing, with the federal government charging Yee with gun-running, illegal sale of firearms, of taking tens of thousands of dollars in cash bribes, and more. The previous month, State Senator Ron Calderon had been indicted by the federal government on bribery and corruption charges. A month before that, State Senator Rod Wright was convicted by a jury of multiple felony counts of voter fraud and perjury.
Then-State Senate President Darrell Steinberg was part of a bi-partisan Capitol establishment which largely looked the other way, permitting Wright to serve after being charged, and–incredibly–after being found guilty. Calderon was also allowed to continue to serve despite his high-profile charges. Public calls by several Republican Senators to take action, including a formal resolution to expel Wright, were buried by Steinberg and not permitted to come to a vote.
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