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FBI infiltrated Gavin Newsom’s inner circle by convincing governor’s ally to wear a wire: lawyer
New York Post ^ | July 2, 2026 | Josh Koehn

Posted on 07/02/2026 7:38:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The FBI had a mole inside Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political orbit before the agency’s corruption probe expanded into the governor and his wife, The Post has learned.

Democrat insider Alexis Podesta, 45, secretly recorded conversations during the criminal probe into Newsom’s then-chief of staff, Dana Williamson, 53, who pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges in May, according to Williamson’s attorney.

The revelation she was wearing a wire as far back as June 2024 explains why a swath of Sacramento political insiders and lobbyists were stunned to receive FBI letters last fall informing them that their phone calls had been intercepted during the investigation — despite many having little or no connection to Williamson.

“Alexis wore a wire, and Dana did not,” said McGregor Scott, Williamson’s lawyer and a former US attorney for the Eastern District of California, which is now investigating the Newsoms.

The disclosure comes as Newsom announced last month that he and his wife — whose nonprofit has been burning through money in recent years — as well as members of the governor’s inner circle are under federal investigation.

Within hours of that announcement, Newsom blasted out an email to raise money for political action committee.

Assemblymember Josh Hoover (R-Folsom) told The Post he was among those who received one of the letters even though he had never spoken with either Williamson or Podesta.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: alexispodesta; california; danawilliamson; demagogicparty; democratcorruption; gavinnewsom; greasygavin; highspeedrail; joshkoehn; newyorkpost

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1 posted on 07/02/2026 7:38:28 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Grabbin Noisome is certainly one corrupt POS.


2 posted on 07/02/2026 7:43:31 PM PDT by kiryandil (Democraps are gay-Islamic-race-communists )
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To: kiryandil

Since June 2024…..that was during Obama’s third term.


3 posted on 07/02/2026 7:54:03 PM PDT by Donbue
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To: kiryandil
Grabbin Noisome is certainly one corrupt POS.

Newscum vetoed the bill from the Demonrat Assembly requiring an audit of the lost billions in homeless money. I wonder why?

4 posted on 07/02/2026 7:54:43 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: kiryandil

will he go down for this?
I’d like to hear that toilet flushing.


5 posted on 07/02/2026 7:54:59 PM PDT by Veto! ((Whatever it is, I'm against it))
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To: Donbue

my thought too, pre-Trump.


6 posted on 07/02/2026 7:57:54 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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To: Veto!

I don’t think Newscum needs to be tricked into going down. Especially on a guy.


7 posted on 07/02/2026 8:03:59 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Podesta...this spells “Clinton”


8 posted on 07/02/2026 8:05:38 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Donbue

that was during Obama’s third term.“

That is pretty interesting isn’t it. My first thought is they wanted leverage for the future but Trump won.


9 posted on 07/02/2026 8:08:24 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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That is pretty interesting isn’t it. My first thought is they wanted leverage for the future but Trump won.

They probably felt that they needed to control Gavin.

10 posted on 07/02/2026 8:12:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Texas Eagle

right you are.
Now that you mention it, he does seem a little “Nelly”.


11 posted on 07/02/2026 8:20:42 PM PDT by Veto! ((Whatever it is, I'm against it))
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To: MinorityRepublican

That’s what l was my thought too and you can bet it is SOP. For instance I can only imagine what they have on Roberts.


12 posted on 07/02/2026 8:24:06 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MinorityRepublican

That’s what l was my thought too and you can bet it is SOP. For instance I can only imagine what they have on Roberts.


13 posted on 07/02/2026 8:26:09 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MinorityRepublican

He’ll be the next in a long line of corrupt politicians who end up in jai...nevermind.


14 posted on 07/02/2026 8:27:23 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: Texas Eagle

I see what you did there and admire it.


15 posted on 07/02/2026 8:28:26 PM PDT by GreatRoad ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act' )
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To: MinorityRepublican

They probably felt that they needed to control Gavin.“

That’s what was my thought too and you can bet it is SOP. For instance I can only imagine what they have on Roberts.


16 posted on 07/02/2026 8:31:29 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: MinorityRepublican

Do Hairdo next.


17 posted on 07/02/2026 8:36:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Israel über alles.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

June 2024......BIDEN WAS POTUS AT THAT DATE.................


18 posted on 07/02/2026 8:50:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her)
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It was an Obama setup.

He wanted to clear the field for his chosen candidate whoever that may have been, and getting the goods on Newsome to make him stand down from running or drop out has Obama’s fingerprints all over it............


19 posted on 07/02/2026 8:50:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her)
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To: Red Badger

Democrats eat each other? Come on. Come to think of it the late Linda Tripp just mighta saved Monica’s life when she told Lewinsky to keep the blue dress.


20 posted on 07/02/2026 9:05:15 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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