Thomas Cullerton, a distant cousin of the Senate president, was indicted in August by federal authorities alleging he accepted nearly $275,000 in salary and benefits from the Teamsters union despite doing little to no work. In September, Sandoval’s Springfield office and home were raided by federal agents who were seeking evidence of violation of seven federal corruption statutes, including bribery, theft from a federally funded program, and mail and wire fraud, according to the search warrant that was later released by the Senate.