AFFIDAVIT 1, NNN Being duly sworn, hereby state as follows: INTRODUCTION 1, I ama Special Agent ("SA") with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (*FBI”), and have been so employed for approximately seven years. I am currently assigned to the Public Corruption Squad in the Los Angeles Division, where I specialize in the investigation of corrupt government officials. During my employment with the FBI, I have participated in investigations involving public corruption, bribery, fraud against the government, bank and loan fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, social security fraud, and money laundering. Many of these investigations have involved the use of informants and cooperating witnesses, and have required financial analysis. I have also participated in the execution of numerous search and arrest warrants. I have conducted physical surveillance and have monitored electronic surveillance. In addition, I have attended numerous training sessions on the investigation of public corruption and other white collar crimes, including the collection of evidence. I have been informed that RONALD CALDERON, as a California State Senator, would have received training and training materials on ethics and what his obligations are regarding gifts, bribes, gratuities, travelexpenses, conflicts of interest, and use of campaign funds. I have also been informed that RONALD CALDERON would have been required to file financial disclosures, such as a Statement of Economic Interest (Form 700), with the Fair Political Practices Commission and/or the State of California while in office. 2. This affidavit is made in support of an application for a search warrant for the Capitol Office of California state Senator Ronald Calderon, which is located in Room 5066 of the California State Capitol, a building facing 10" street between “LY Street and “N” Street in Sacramento, California, 95814 (the “SUBJECT PREMISES”), a more detailed description of which is provided in Attachment A, The requested search warrant for the SUBJECT PREMISES includes RONALD CALDERON’s personal office and the offices of his staff, and any common areas. For the reasons set forth below, I respectfully submit there is probable cause to believe that the SUBJECT PREMISES contains evidence contraband, fruits, ox instrumentalities of criminal violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 (Conspiracy), 666 (Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds), 1341 (Mail Fraud), 1343 (wire Fraud), 1346 (Honest Services Fraud), and 1951 (Extortion Under Color of Official Right) (collectively, “the Subject Offenses”) 3. The facts set forth in this affidavit are based upon my personal observations, my training and experience, and 228information obtained from other agents and witnesses. This affidavit is intended to show merely that there is sufficient probable cause for the requested search warrant and does not purport to set forth all of my knowledge of or investigation into this matter. 4. The conversations referenced in this affidavit were often quite lengthy and transcripts are still only in draft form. This is because, in large part, of the number of recordings and the speed with which the underlying investigation has moved forward. Therefore, while references in this affidavit to recorded conversations describe the substance of what was said, these descriptions are based on drafts of the transcripts of these recorded conversations. II. SUMMARY OF PROBABLE CAUSE 4 5. There is probable cause to believe that RONALD CALDERON, a California State Senator, has committed the Subject Offenses by accepting approximately $60,000 in bribes from an undercover FBI agent ("the UC”) in exchange for (1) directly enriching the UC's business by supporting legislation in the California Senate that would lower the amount of money independent filmmakers have to spend on a film’s budget in order to qualify for a California tax credit; and (2) indirectly enriching the UC by hiring the UC’s purported girlfriend, uC-2,