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if you were a vip or made contributions to sheriff laurie sheriff captain james jensen made sure your name jumps to the front of the line. >> if you made a campaign donation and if captain jensen knew you to be a vip, you got special treatment and a ccw license and that is wrong. >> reporter: rosen gathered with top staff including the head of the public integrity unit to announce criminal indictments against business owner michael nichols an attorneys harpaul nahal and christopher schumb. >> they settled on a $90,000 donation in ex change for ten to 12 carrying concealed weapons permits. >> the sheriff was not indicted but rosen expects more charges to come. >> my concern is not whether the sheriff grants many or few ccw licenses, but whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. >> reporter: for the past year nbc bay area's investigative unit has been digging into the bribery allegations as well. we compared campaign contributions with concealed carry records and we found that donors to sheriff smith's political campaigns were about 14 times more likely to get a cc

campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign in the words of sheriff's captain james jensen. and the i p. and he'll meet you at starbucks. personally review your application and help you fill it out there was no comment on the indictments from sheriff laurie smith, but the so-called pay to play concealed weapon permit process has come under fire by those whose applications were denied including the n double acp jethro been that the sheriff is elected and this was done to get election votes or less in support for election finance i believe see is comparably and responsible my concern is not whether the sheriff grants, many or few ccw licenses. >>but whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. ccw licenses should not be given in exchange for campaign donations. >>they should not be for sale. >>the da says that this case. the da says this case is so far from over and that a clearer picture will emerge was the transcripts from the a grand jury hearing. made public later this month. we know that the sheriff smith was among the witnesses now as for capta

campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. >>in the words of sheriff's captain james jensen, a v i p. and he'll meet you at starbucks. personally review your application and help you fill it out there was no comment on the indictments from sheriff laurie smith, but the so-called pay to play concealed weapon permit process has come under fire by those whose applications were denied including the n double acp jethro been that the sheriff is elected and this was done to get election votes or less in support for election finance i believe see us corporal billy and responsible my concern is not whether the sheriff grants, many or few ccw licenses. >>but whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. a ccw licenses should not be given in exchange for campaign donations. >>they should not be for sale. >>in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>in national news now still no sign of relief inside for americans struggling during the pandemic stimulus aid negotiations between the trump administration and democratic leaders have caved in whitney wild has the lates

campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. >>in the words of sheriff's captain james jensen, a v i p. and he'll meet you at starbucks. personally review your application and help you fill it out there was no comment on the indictments from sheriff laurie smith, but the so-called pay to play concealed weapon permit process has come under fire by those whose applications were denied including the n double acp jethro been that the sheriff is elected and this was done to get election votes or less in support of election finance i believe see us corporal billy and responsible my concern is not whether the sheriff grants, many or few ccw licenses. >>but whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. a ccw licenses should not be given in exchange for campaign donations. >>they should not be for sale. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>4 zone forecast as we give you a live look outside at the embarcadero in the bay bridge on pam a free kids and their chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by with details laurent yene everybody happy right here toni

campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. >>in the words of sheriff's captain james jensen, a v i p. and he'll meet you at starbucks. personally review your application and help you fill it out there was no comment on the indictments from sheriff laurie smith, but the so-called pay to play concealed weapon permit process has come under fire by those whose applications were denied including the n double acp jethro been that the sheriff is elected and this was done to get election votes or less in support for election finance i believe see us corporal billy and responsible my concern is not whether the sheriff grants, many or few ccw licenses. >>but whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. a ccw licenses should not be given in exchange for campaign donations. >>they should not be for sale. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>law enforcement on the central coast to using this pandemic time to crack down on those who prey on under age children operation covid checkdown as it's called has resulted in the arrest of 34 men in fresno for soliciting

laurie smith's inner circle. the district attorney jeff rosen announcing multiple charges into the scandal over the 2018 re-election bid. named in the indictment, the local attorneys, weapons manufacturer michael nichols, and captain james jensen who once oversaw the sheriff's concealed carry application program. the charges include bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery? in the case of jensen, falsifying public records. he now faces up to 11 years in prison. >> the d.a.'s office is continuing to investigate more crimes and more individuals related to sheriff smith's issuance of licenses. it is active and ongoing. we will follow the evidence where it leads. >> prosecutors say they work the defendants as well as the contractor, to secure a number of hard to come by ccw permits ident expendituith's most reason re-election. a sheriff's office spokes person said jensen would be placed on administrative leave and they would continue to monitor the situation and have no further information to provide at this time. the sheriff who has not been charged with a crime, also declined to come. however, abc7 news did speak to her possibly in the 2018 election. the former undersheriff who called it a sad day for the department. >> s

campaign santa clara county sheriff laurie smith who was eventually reelected following an expensive and hard fought campaign. >>in the words of sheriff's captain jamesll meet you at starbucks. personally review your application and help you fill it out there was no comment on the indictments from sheriff laurie smith, but the so-called pay to play concealed weapon permit process has come under fire by those whose applications were denied including the n double acp jethro been that the sheriff is elected and this was done to get election votes or less in support for election financed i believe see is comparably and responsible my concern is not whether the sheriff grants, many or few ccw licenses. >>but whether they are being granted or denied for the wrong reasons. a ccw licenses should not be given in exchange for campaign donations. >>they should not be for sale. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >>and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. we are all under stress. these days our health expert, karen dolan joins us with some tips on how you can better manage your stress for your health this morning. we are of course all under added stress nowad