FBI: Transcript Shows Calderon Was Advised of his Rights in Corruption Probe

"Is this for real?" former California state Sen. Ron Calderon asked when FBI agents informed him in a Las Vegas hotel room that he was the subject of an undercover corruption investigation. He continued answering questions even though the agents told him he could leave the room at any time, according to a transcript of the interview attached to a filing made in federal court on Tuesday. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Central California included the transcript of the interview in its answer to Calderon's motion to suppress incriminating statements that he made to the age...