Longtime Dem insider was FBI mole within Newsom’s inner circle amid federal investigation
July 3, 2026 | Vivek Saxena
A longtime Democratic political insider secretly served as an informant for the FBI while working for California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Alexis Podesta, who was appointed by Gov. Newsom to the board of the State Compensation Fund in 2020, was recruited by the FBI in 2024 to wear a wire while speaking and dealing with Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson.
https://twitter.com/PaulDMauro/status/2072843621800284502Williamson was being investigated for corruption at the time. In May of this year, she pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges.
“Federal prosecutors alleged Williamson and others orchestrated a scheme to siphon roughly $225,000 from a dormant campaign account belonging to former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra,” according to the New York Post.
Williamson allegedly “disguised payments as legitimate consulting fees while routing the money to benefit Becerra’s former chief of staff, Sean McCluskie.”
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