Xavier Becerra's Campaign Tangled in Ethics Probe Tied to Newsom Insider's FBI Wire

California's political establishment learned this week that the FBI didn't merely investigate Gavin Newsom's inner circle from the outside. It recruited from within. According to an exclusive report in the New York Post, Democratic power broker Alexis Podesta secretly recorded conversations for federal investigators as far back as June 2024, gathering evidence in the corruption probe that brought down Dana Williamson, the governor's former chief of staff.

"Alexis wore a wire, and Dana did not," said Williamson's attorney, McGregor Scott, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of California, the same office now investigating Newsom and his wife.

The revelation matters for reasons that go well beyond Newsom's bruised pride. It explains why Sacramento insiders and lobbyists received startling FBI letters last fall informing them their calls had been intercepted, many despite having no connection to Williamson at all.

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