US EditionEx-aide to California governor indicted for alleged theft of campaign funds from ex-health secretary
- On 11/12, Dana Williamson, former chief of staff to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, was federally indicted on 23 counts for allegedly diverting $225,000 from a dormant campaign tied to Xavier Becerra.
- Prosecutors allege Dana Williamson billed a dormant campaign account tied to a former public official through shell companies and routed payments disguised as consulting pay from February 2022 to September 2024.
- Prosecutors say Dana Williamson backdated contracts after a January 2024 subpoena and filed false tax returns claiming more than $1 million, while allegedly lying to IRS Criminal Investigation and FBI agents.
- Judge Carolyn Delaney approved Dana Williamson's release on $7,500 bond, she is next due in court on Dec. 11, while co-defendants Campbell and McCluskie have taken plea deals.
- Becerra called `The news today of formal accusations of impropriety by a long-serving trusted advisor are a gut punch`, and a Newsom spokesperson said `Ms. Williamson no longer serves in this administration` on Wednesday.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Former Chief of Staff Indicted on Public Corruption Charges
California Governor Gavin Newsom's former chief of staff Dana Williamson was arrested Wednesday in an FBI corruption probe and charged with multiple counts of bank and wire fraud.
Dana Williamson, who previously served as chief of staff for Gavin Newsom in California, was arrested and charged with multiple corruption offences. She is accused of being part of a scheme to divert $225,000 from an inactive campaign, creating false contracts and masquerading money as a supposed payment for a job that was never done. Read more]]>
FBI arrests ex-Newsom chief of staff on public corruption charges
A former top aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was arrested Wednesday on sweeping federal corruption charges alleging she helped steal more than $225,000 in campaign funds tied to former federal Health Secretary Xavier Becerra. Dana Williamson, 53, of Carmichael, was taken into custody and appeared in a Sacramento federal courtroom Wednesday afternoon following the unsealing of a 23-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy to commit b…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) former chief of staff was reportedly arrested and charged with having conspired to commit bank and wire fraud, among other things, as part of a "political corruption investigation." The post Former Newsom Chief of Staff Arrested, Charged as Part of ‘Political Corruption Investigation’ appeared first on Breitbart.
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