FBI Arrests Gavin Newsom’s Former Chief of Staff as Federal Indictment Reveals Extensive Financial Scheme

The Alleged Misuse of a Dormant Political Campaign

At the center of the indictment is a dormant political campaign account that prosecutors say Williamson and her associate, Greg Campbell, exploited. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the pair transferred approximately $225,000 out of the fund by routing the money through multiple business entities, effectively laundering the origin of the funds.

The payments were then labeled as compensation for a “no-show job,” meaning the work being paid for was never actually performed. Prosecutors say the purpose of the arrangement was to disguise the political funds as legitimate business income.

The complexity of the transactions, the use of multiple entities, and the deliberate nature of the documentation all point, according to investigators, to a calculated effort to hide the financial trail.Continue reading…