Gavin Newsom launches unhinged rant distancing himsel from wiretapper Alexis Podesta

Gov.Gavin Newsom unleashed a defensive social media tirade Friday, lashing out at President Trump, the Justice Department and The California Post after reporting highlighted political ties between FBI informant Alexis Podesta and the California governor.In a lengthy X post by the Governor’s Press Office, the administration accused “MAGA bootlickers” of spreading “false information” while insisting there is “no evidence” connecting Newsom to the federal corruption investigation that ensnared his former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, in part due to Podesta wearing a wire, according to Williamson’s attorney.The governor’s office’s post struck a notably aggressive tone, describing the federal investigation as a “lawless fishing expedition,” accusing prosecutors of “chasing ghosts” and claiming the effort to investigate Newsom amounts to political retribution orchestrated by President Trump.Newsom’s team did not address the governor’s role in empowering and elevating Williamson to the most powerful staffer in the Capitol while she was running her schemes, instead deferentially referring to her Ms.

Williamson — despite the fact that she was known to be a “bully” to many at the Capitol.The governor’s office then presented an eight-part “FACT” series to defend Newsom.“There is no evidence that the alleged use of a wire on one of the FBI’s informants is in any way connected to the Governor,” Newsom staffers posted.“That investigation had nothing to do with the Governor.”That argument responds to a claim The Post did not make.A story on Thursday reported that Williamson’s attorney said Podesta wore a wire while his client did not, providing a clearer view of how Podesta has been cooperating with the FBI’s pubic corruption probe in and around the Capitol.

Many political insiders in Sacramento received notices last year from the feds saying they had been documented as part of a federal probe, leaving many to suspect ...