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FBI Arrests Newsom's Ex-Chief
of Staff on 23-Count Indictment - Bank
and Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Defraud
the US, Obstruction of Justice, and More

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Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 11/12/2025 8:01:51 PM

A woman who was once one of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s most trusted lieutenants has found herself in the crosshairs of the FBI. And it’s not looking great for her. On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of California dropped a bombshell news release stating that Dana Williamson, Newsom’s chief of staff from 2022 to 2024, had been indicted on a litany of charges. The 53-year-old Williamson has been charged by a federal grand jury with “conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruct justice, subscribing to false tax returns, and making false statements,”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 11/12/2025 8:34:14 PM (No. 2029127)
Newsie still has that D after his name. No matter how corrupt he is proven to be, I believe he could still get the Dem nomination in 2028. Blame him for Pacific Palisades, and Dems would overlook it..... amazing, disgusting, outrageous. Greaseball.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: thefield 11/12/2025 8:53:26 PM (No. 2029135)
I believe Newsom can be arrested for representing the U.S. at the climate change in Brazil without authorization.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: daisey 11/12/2025 9:01:51 PM (No. 2029138)
Dana, dear, you lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas, and you’re with the sleaziest dog in California. However, he will never face accountability.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: hershey 11/12/2025 9:15:57 PM (No. 2029143)
One out of the barrel of rotten politicians in KIalifornia...
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Felixed 11/12/2025 9:18:34 PM (No. 2029146)
Birds of a feather... or... a flock of money-grubbing sociopaths. ???
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Reply 6 - Posted by: danu 11/12/2025 10:27:11 PM (No. 2029167)
photos of the staffer make me wonder - which team do these gits bat for?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 11/12/2025 11:12:26 PM (No. 2029189)
Let's hope that this tracks back to Newsom, and he gets arrested.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 11/13/2025 6:26:47 AM (No. 2029227)
Corruption by California democrats can probably be classified as a career choice. Meanwhile, Newsom is on a junket in Brazil trying to disguise it as a business trip but it's a Badmouth the USA trip like Obama used to take. He is promoting Climate Change, a false religion. Did he use the private plane again?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: anniebc 11/13/2025 7:14:58 AM (No. 2029246)
Keep digging, there's more for sure.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 11/13/2025 8:04:59 AM (No. 2029276)
Well, isn't this rich. Some of Williamson's criminal baggage may implicate Gov. Brylcreem as well.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Msquared112 11/13/2025 8:31:14 AM (No. 2029284)
Let Newsom's hands tell us how he is innocent in all of this.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: HerbVA 11/13/2025 8:41:10 AM (No. 2029293)
From the looks of her, I would bet she ate a lot on that theft.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: mc squared 11/13/2025 9:03:51 AM (No. 2029306)
This from The Sacramento Bee: " :A spokesperson said the office put her on leave “as soon as” Williamson informed them that she was under federal investigation, and that she left the administration in November 2024, not the following month, as the office previously stated. McCluskie is a longtime former chief of staff to Becerra, the former Biden official and California Attorney General now running for governor. Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article312890597.html#storylink=cpy
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Reply 14 - Posted by: billa57 11/13/2025 9:54:02 AM (No. 2029321)
There was a lot of money spent on that high-speed rail. Where did that go? It sure didn't go to building a speed rail system. I'd bet there are a bunch more corrupt officials who become rich over the years. They should be audited, including any offshore accounts.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: 3XALADY 11/13/2025 10:44:40 AM (No. 2029350)
FTA: “The FBI will remain vigilant in its efforts to uncover fraud and corruption, ensuring our government systems are held to the highest standards.” Really? This is the first I have heard of ANY person in California EVER being held responsible for anything. And there's the usual FBI ad telling us how they are just fighting crime and and corruption every hour of every day.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: J. Arthur Brown 11/13/2025 11:16:44 AM (No. 2029364)
Gavin Newsom swears he was just hired to play the piano and had no knowledge of what was going on upstairs.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Starboard_side 11/13/2025 12:47:20 PM (No. 2029391)
Doubtful she figured this out on her own, and it's a common scheme in the upper echelons of CA political operatives. Trust the FBI has the emails, phone calls, texts, etc. which may link others in the coming months.
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