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The left blasts Trump business deals but ignores Dem wiretap sleaze

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Where’s the outrage from the left?

The same crowd that’s incensed by President Donald Trump’s business dealings has made few public objections to corruption sleaze involving close allies of Gov. Gavin Newsom and his heir apparent, Xavier Becerra.

This week, The California Post broke a bombshell story: The attorney for former Newsom chief of staff Dana Williamson said that Alexis Podesta, longtime insider and Newsom appointee to a cushy state board, had quietly cooperated with the FBI — wearing a wire to record conversations for two years.

This was during the probe into Williamson, who was indicted last year on 23 counts of bank and wire fraud, filing false tax returns and making false statements to the FBI.

In May, Williamson pleaded guilty to three of those counts for her role in a scheme to siphon roughly $225,000 from a dormant Xavier Becerra campaign account. Prosecutors said the funds were routed via sham payments to benefit Sean McCluskie — Becerra’s longtime chief of staff.

McCluskie himself pleaded guilty in 2025 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud.

Federal investigators have since expanded their scrutiny to include matters concerning Newsom himself and separate probes of his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s nonprofit finances and taxes.

The California Post has also reported that Podesta herself is under investigation by the California Fair Political Practices Commission for allegedly failing to report $1 million in consulting income.

Podesta’s decision........

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