A former chief of staff to Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom has pled guilty in a corruption scandal that involves yet another top California Democrat who is now hoping to succeed Newsom in the governor’s mansion.
On Thursday, 53-year-old Dana Williamson, who worked as Newsom’s chief of staff from 2022 until 2024, pled guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud, subscribing to a false tax return, and making false statements to a federal agent.
Becerra has had to answer tough questions about how he, the former top prosecutor in the state, did not know that hundreds of thousands of dollars were being stolen from him.
According to the plea agreement, Williamson participated in a money-laundering scheme involving two co-conspirators, Sean McCluskie and
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