{"id":1991,"date":"2026-05-14T18:03:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/former-newsom-becerra-aide-dana-williamson-pleads-guilty-in-fbi-corruption-probe\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:03:01","slug":"former-newsom-becerra-aide-dana-williamson-pleads-guilty-in-fbi-corruption-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/former-newsom-becerra-aide-dana-williamson-pleads-guilty-in-fbi-corruption-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Newsom, Becerra aide Dana Williamson pleads guilty in FBI corruption probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!--[--><!-- AiSummaryComponent.html --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><svg><title>Key Takeaways<\/title><defs><lineargradient><\/lineargradient><\/defs><\/svg><\/p>\n<div>Key Takeaways<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read our AI Policy.<\/p>\n<ul><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Williamson pleaded guilty to bank fraud, filing a false tax return and lying to the FBI.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Williamson admitted helping siphon about $225,000 from Becerra\u2019s dormant campaign<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<li>Williamson faces up to 38 years in prison and fines up to $1.35 million.<\/li>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A former top aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded guilty in Sacramento federal court Thursday to bank fraud, filing a false tax return and lying to the FBI in a corruption scandal that rattled California politics last fall and still threatens to upend the state\u2019s hotly contested race for governor.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/tuolumne-county-camp-for-disabled-closes-after-18-years-see-6-49-million-listing\/\">Tuolumne County camp for disabled closes after 18 years. See $6.49 million listing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Dana Williamson, who previously advised both Newsom and gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, admitted in court that she helped to siphon about $225,000 from a dormant campaign account belonging to Becerra, as part of a scheme to pad the wages of his chief of staff, Sean McCluskie.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She was arrested in a dramatic raid last fall and came to her first court appearance looking weak from liver failure and wearing sweats, a pair of glasses and her hair pulled back in an informal bun. Her decision to plead guilty was first reported by The Bee on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Williamson, 53,  faces up to 38 years in prison, along with fines of up to $1.35 million for the three counts to which she has pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In a plea agreement read by prosecutors in court, Williamson admitted that she helped funnel money from Becerra\u2019s account to McCluskie, who had taken a pay cut to follow his boss to Washington, D.C., to join the Biden administration as Secretary of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She also pleaded guilty to claiming $1.7 million in false income tax deductions, and lying to the FBI about the arrangement with McCluskie. She also admitted to lying to investigators about sharing confidential state government information with former clients and business partners \u201cto give them an advantage in litigation against the state, an apparent reference to efforts to force the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to settle a sexual harassment case with video game maker Activision Blizzard.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Blames McCluskie<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In her agreement, she blamed McCluskie for initiating the scheme. He and a third co-conspirator, lobbyist Greg Campbell, have already pleaded guilty and are scheduled to be sentenced June 4.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMcCluskie repeatedly sought the assistance of Williamson in funneling money from (Becerra\u2019s) dormant state campaign account to McCluskie via text message, phone calls, and in-person meetings,\u201d Williamson said in a statement of facts filed with her plea agreement.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She agreed to participate, helping to disguise the money as payments for a no-show job for McCluskie\u2019s wife, she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The payments were spread out from spring 2022 to late 2024, which overlapped with Williamson\u2019s time as Newsom\u2019s chief of staff. Williamson oversaw the $10,000 monthly payments to McCluskie\u2019s account, some of which she subsidized with her own funds.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Her plea will spare a lengthy discovery period and likely mark the legal denouement of a federal probe that shook Sacramento after the FBI recorded dozens of lobbyists in summer 2024 as part of the investigation, which is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Williamson\u2019s Becerra connection<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Williamson previously served as a senior adviser to Becerra, whose 2018 state campaign account she managed before turning it over to a protege, lobbyist Alexis Podesta. Williamson then served as Newsom\u2019s chief of staff from December 2022 until November 2024, when the FBI notified her of its investigation and Newsom\u2019s office put her on leave.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Before her arrest, she was known as a sharp-elbowed operative who brokered a 2023 deal to prevent oil companies from gouging drivers at the pump and led Newsom\u2019s opposition campaign to Proposition 36, which levied harsher penalties for petty crime. She also served as a lobbyist at PG&amp;E and advised former Gov. Jerry Brown, and operated her own firm, Grace Public Affairs, before becoming Newsom\u2019s chief of staff.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/motorcyclist-identified-as-31-year-old-sacramento-man-dies-days-after-northgate-crash\/\">Motorcyclist, identified as 31-year-old Sacramento man, dies days after Northgate crash<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Becerra, who is now running for governor, has repeatedly said he did not know the payments were fraudulent and called McCluskie\u2019s betrayal a \u201cgut punch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>His ascendancy in polls while Williamson\u2019s court date loomed opened a new lane of attack from political rivals who questioned whether federal officials would target him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On the campaign trail for governor, candidate Katie Porter hinted that Becerra could still be drawn into the case.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecerra cannot promise Californians that he will not be named as a co-conspirator in this corruption charge,\u201d Porter told CNN earlier this week. \u201cIt was his campaign account, he signed off on it, it was his 25-year chief of staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The timing of the hearing, coming less than three weeks before the primary election, throws a spotlight on the scandal just as voters are making up their minds.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have said they view Becerra more as a victim in the case, accusing McCluskie and Williamson of taking advantage of his trust.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, McCluskie did tell Becerra that his wife would be working for Williamson, and that Williamson would be paid funds from the campaign account. But the two did not tell him that the money from his account would be going to McCluskie\u2019s wife, or that she would be the nominal holder of a no-work job.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Even if she had been doing the work, the indictment said, it would have been illegal because Becerra, in accepting the job as Biden\u2019s Health and Human Services secretary, was barred from using his account to campaign, and the job was nominally to perform communications work with payment coming from that account.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Scott, a former U.S. Attorney who once ran the office he is now facing off against, said in court documents on April 27 that the two sides were engaged in negotiations and would either reach an agreement or demand a jury trial by the time of Thursday\u2019s hearing. He earlier criticized Williamson\u2019s arrest and the manner in which it was carried out, calling it politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Thursday was Williamson\u2019s first public appearance since her Nov. 12 arrest. She skipped previous hearings to prepare for a liver transplant, which she received in late January.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Twenty of the original 23 criminal counts listed in the indictment against her were dismissed by U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/elk-grove-police-department-dedicates-building-to-fallen-motor-officer-ty-lenehan\/\">Elk Grove Police Department dedicates building to fallen motor officer Ty Lenehan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This is a developing story; check back with sacbee.com for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>May 14, 2026 at 10:36 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Williamson pleaded guilty to bank fraud, tax fraud and lying to the FBI in a case that involved payments routed from Xavier Becerra\u2019s campaign account in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-capitol-alert"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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