{"id":2623383,"date":"2026-07-03T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-fbi-had-mole-in-newsom-camp-recording-and-gathering-info-on-corruption-dirty-dealings\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:06:11","slug":"revealed-fbi-had-mole-in-newsom-camp-recording-and-gathering-info-on-corruption-dirty-dealings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/revealed-fbi-had-mole-in-newsom-camp-recording-and-gathering-info-on-corruption-dirty-dealings\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: FBI Had Mole in Newsom Camp, Recording and Gathering Info on Corruption, Dirty Dealings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frevealed-fbi-had-mole-in-newsom-camp-recording-and-gathering-info-on-corruption-dirty-dealings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623383&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/raw-milk-enthusiasts-are-demanding-milk-infected-with-bird-flu\/\" title=\"Raw milk advocates are seeking Bird Flu-contaminated milk\">provided content features<\/a> a web page with a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button that reveals a lengthy article. The article reports that California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed he and his wife were under examination by the Department of Justice, alleging it was politically motivated by Donald Trump due to Newsom&#8217;s potential presidential ambitions. <\/p>\n<p>Later,it was uncovered that Newsom\u2019s inner circle is indeed under investigation,with some members,including a woman named Alexis Podesta,secretly recording conversations as part of an FBI probe that began during President Biden&#8217;s administration. The investigation involves allegations of political corruption, including theft of campaign funds, false tax deductions, and questionable fundraising practices linked to Newsom\u2019s allies and associates. <\/p>\n<p>The article raises questions about whether Newsom is trying to preempt scandal or is being unfairly targeted, noting that the investigation appears to have deeper roots in political and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >legal issues dating back<\/a> to 2019 and the Biden era. it portrays a complex web of allegations and investigations surrounding Newsom\u2019s inner circle, with implications for his political future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the ever-unbelievable Gov. Gavin Newsom of California claimed that he and his wife were under investigation by the Department of Justice, and that this was the nefarious doing of President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, my wife &#038; I joined Donald Trump\u2019s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime \u2014 they are simply trying to find one,\u201d Newsom wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe isn\u2019t coming after me because of mean tweets, but because I am considering running for President,\u201d he said, adding that Trump was \u201csimply the most corrupt President in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, my wife &#038; I joined Donald Trump\u2019s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime \u2013 they are simply trying to find one.<\/p>\n<p>He isn\u2019t coming after me because of mean tweets, but because I am considering running for President.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tVYk3WUvO8\">pic.twitter.com\/tVYk3WUvO8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/2066585778982166808?\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lo and behold, on Thursday evening, we found out that this indeed might contain a kernel of truth. Yes, it appears <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-gavin-newsom-wife-reportedly-doj-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that Newsom\u2019s inner circle<\/a> is being investigated by the DOJ, with one member of his inner circle even wearing a wire. However, in a plot twist that even M. Night Shyamalan would have rejected, it turns out this investigation began under\u2026 Joe Biden\u2019s DOJ.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/02\/us-news\/gavin-newsom-ally-alexis-podesta-wore-fbi-wire-in-corruption-probe-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The FBI had a mole inside Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s political orbit before the agency\u2019s corruption probe expanded into the governor and his wife, The Post has learned.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Democrat insider Alexis Podesta, 45, secretly recorded conversations during the criminal probe into Newsom\u2019s then-chief of staff, Dana Williamson, 53, who pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges in May, according to Williamson\u2019s attorney.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>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 \u2014 despite many having little or no connection to Williamson.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Really, now. Who was president back then? If you don\u2019t remember, it was Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of FBI letters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article312967283.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sacramento Bee<\/a> speculated that the warning \u201cappears to be linked to a state sexual harassment case against gaming company Activision Blizzard that began with a state investigation in 2019 and later, a lawsuit filed in 2021 against the firm known for the \u2018Call of Duty\u2019 franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s report indicated it\u2019s quite a great deal worse than that, as it puts the governor and his wife one step closer to a public corruption investigation \u2014 which has already ended up with Newsom\u2019s former chief of staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gavin-newsoms-former-chief-staff-pleads-guilty-3-federal-charges-faces-38-years-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accepting a plea deal in May<\/a> on charges of funneling funds from former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra\u2019s campaign finance account, which went dormant after he became the head of Health and Human Services under Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to court documents, between February 2022 and September 2024, Williamson conspired with Greg Campbell, 52, of Davis, Sean McCluskie, 57, of Davis, and others to steal approximately $225,000 in funds from a dormant political campaign and funnel it to McCluskie for his personal use. Collectively, they funneled the money through various business entities and disguised it as pay to McCluskie\u2019s spouse for what was, in reality, a no-show job,\u201d the DOJ said in a May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edca\/pr\/california-political-consultant-and-former-public-official-pleads-guilty-conspiracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom 2021 to 2023, Williamson claimed a total of approximately $1,718,277 million in business deductions for what were actually personal and nondeductible expenditures, such as food delivery services, luxury vacations to Mexico (twice) and Santa Barbara, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/climate-czar-john-kerry-on-private-jet-travel-its-the-only-choice-for-somebody-like-me\/\" title=\"Climate Czar John Kerry On Private Jet Travel: \u2018It\u2019s The Only Choice For Somebody Like Me\u2019\">private jet travel<\/a>, purported wages for family members, home goods, veterinary services, landscaping services, and other nondeductible personal expenses. Williamson\u2019s false deductions resulted in a tax loss of approximately $504,523, which she agreed in her plea agreement to pay back to the IRS in full as restitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The so-called \u201cConduit Scheme\u201d didn\u2019t directly touch either Becerra, who was reportedly unaware of the theft, or Newsom \u2014 although questions were asked about the propriety of some of Newsom\u2019s fundraising tactics.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, a nonprofit led by a woman linked to Newsom\u2019s wife, <em>n\u00e9e <\/em>Jennifer Siebel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/legal-laundering-newsom-dumps-20-million-non-profit-connection-wife-pays-0-55-diapers-cost-0-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seems to have gotten an insane amount<\/a> of California taxpayer money for diapers that could be bought on the open market for $0.12 to $0.15 a piece, but instead appeared to be costing Californians up to $0.50 each.<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to the New York Post\u2019s report, this doesn\u2019t necessarily get the investigation a lot closer to Newsom, but it does inch its way toward the governor\u2019s mansion. From the outlet:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Podesta\u2019s attorney has said she inherited responsibility for overseeing Becerra\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsoms-ex-chief-of-staff-indicted-for-fraud-scheme\/\" title=\"...s Ex-Chief Of Staff Indicted For Fraud Scheme\">dormant campaign account<\/a> after Williamson left private consulting to become Newsom\u2019s chief of staff in late 2022 and did not know the payments were improper. Campaign finance records show Becerra\u2019s committee paid Podesta Company mostly $10,000 monthly installments during 2023 and 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>According to court filings, Williamson, while serving as Newsom\u2019s chief of staff, d confidential state government information with a co-conspirator \u2014 who has since been identified as Podesta \u2014 regarding a corporate client that reporting has identified as Activision Blizzard. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Williamson\u2019s plea agreement states that she was captured in a June 2024 wiretap strategizing with the co-conspirator about how to respond to a Public Records Act request involving the state\u2019s litigation against the company. Williamson and Podesta exchanged text messages on the issue, according to court records. Podesta has not publicly commented on the matter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Podesta is on the State Compensation Insurance Fund board, a position to which she was appointed by Newsom in 2020. She also has more extensive ties to the Newsoms through positions she held in former California Gov. Jerry Brown\u2019s administration, where Newsom served as lieutenant governor.<\/p>\n<p>So, is she simply wearing a wire to nail Williamson and the Newsoms are just being targeted unfairly? Are they not being targeted at all? Or could Gavin be trying to get ahead of the scandal that dooms his presidential bid? And are all those things even mutually exclusive?<\/p>\n<p>At this point, it is literally just asking questions. What we know is that one of California\u2019s biggest Democrat insiders began an investigation into Newsom\u2019s inner circle starting in the Biden administration, which has led to one guilty plea, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/huh-newsom-claims-libs-dont-media-ecosystem-name-checks-cnn-ms-now-unbiased-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsom<\/a> is very loudly calling attention to the fact that he\u2019s under investigation by the DOJ without Trump or the GOP loudly calling attention to it, while saying he\u2019s on a \u201chit list\u201d and the whole thing is invented.<\/p>\n<p>That last part, as the whole truth and nothing but the truth, doesn\u2019t add up. The fact that Podesta was wearing a wire and so many people seem to have had their conversations recorded in an investigation started under one administration and continued under another, indicates that this isn\u2019t just about Williamson, but goes deeper into Newsom\u2019s inner circle. 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