An FBI affidavit was published online on October 30, 2013 by cable network Al Jazeera America with a claim that State Sen. Ron Calderon accepted about $88,000 in bribes from a Southern California hospital executive, Michael Drobot, for legislation regarding workers' compensation for an expensive surgical procedure, and an undercover FBI agent posing as a film studio owner during a wide-ranging probe into his conduct as a legislator.
A confidential FBI document was made public online on October 30, 2013 by cable network Al Jazeera America with an allegation that State Sen. Ron Calderon received approximately $88,000 in bribes from a Southern California hospital executive, Michael Drobot, for legislation concerning workers' compensation for an expensive surgical procedure, and an undercover FBI agent posing as a film studio owner during a broad investigation into his conduct as a legislator.