SACRAMENTO — He helped free O.J. Simpson, defended the despised Scott Peterson and stood by Michael Jackson’s side when the King of Pop was accused of child molestation.

So it was hardly surprising when famed Los Angeles defense attorney Mark Geragos surfaced late Tuesday as counsel for state Senator Ron Calderon, D-Montebello. FBI agents Tuesday afternoon raided Calderon’s Capitol office and a legislative annex room used by the two-term senator in what authorities describe as a criminal investigation.

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