LELAND YEE, THE GUN-HATING CALIF. POL. ACCUSED OF HELPING SMUGGLE GUNS, AGREES TO PLEA DEAL, Scott Shackford writes at Reason:

In March 2014, State Sen. Leland Yee, in the midst of a campaign for secretary of state, was arrested in part of a massive raid in the FBI area, accused of political corruption and helping arrange illegal firearm deals on behalf of violent group in the Philippines.

That scandal was crazy enough, but adding fuel to the fire was the fact that Yee, a Democrat, was also an open supporter of tougher gun control laws and was a proponent of legislation in California to ban the sales of violent video games to children, a law that the Supreme Court subsequently struck down as unconstitutional. Yee was a critic of games like Grand Theft Auto, even though he apparently behaved in real life like one of its characters. He took political hypocrisy to brand new heights.

Today it all ends with a plea deal. He has agreed to plead guilty of one count of racketeering in federal court and faces the possibility of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Shackford describes Lee’s crimes as “the craziest political scandal to hit California in a while.” And that’s really saying something considering the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is the Mos Eisley cantina Sacramento.