BREAKING: California State Senator Leland Yee Arrested on Public Corruption Charges.

Huge “anti-gun” senator and the third Democratic state senator fighting charges this year.

California state Sen. Leland Yee has been arrested on public corruption charges as part of several arrests made by the FBI Wednesday morning during a raid, the FBI has told NBC Bay Area.

Sources had originally told NBC Bay Area bribery charges were also involved, but that remains unconfirmed.

The FBI office in San Francisco said that those arrrested in Wednesday’s sweep, including Yee, will appear before Federal Magistrate Judge Nathaniel Cousins in San Francisco at 1:30 p.m for arraignment.

One of the places the FBI searched Wednesday was at the San Francisco Chinatown office of the Gee King Tong Free Masons, where Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, a former Chinatown gangster, conducts business.

Chow is now president of the Supreme Lodge of Chinese Free Masons of the world in San Francisco.

“The FBI executed multiple search warrants in the city and beyond,” FBI spokesperson Peter Lee said, adding that the agency is not giving out detailed information at the moment because they are concerned about officer safety.

Sources told NBC Bay Area that Yee faces corruption charges in relation to his work as a state senator as well as his campaign for secretary of state.

Yee, who has served in the state Legislature for more than a decade, was elected to the State Senate in November 2006 and represents District 8, which includes San Francisco and San Mateo County. The former San Francisco supervisor and 2011 mayoral candidate is currently running for secretary of state.

Officers from the California Highway Patrol and Sergeant at Arms are currently stationed outside Yee’s state Capitol office in Sacramento, where the FBI agents are conducting a raid, taking computers and other documents, according to KCRA-TV.

The FBI confirmed to KCRA-TV that it had raided homes and businesses in the Bay Area and Sacramento Wednesday morning, issuing multiple search warrants and making arrests.

Sources told NBC Bay Area that the FBI investigation dates back years. NBC Bay Area has learned that the FBI is making a number of arrests connected to the investigation.

Yee’s arrest would make him the third Democratic state senator fighting charges this year.

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