Exclusive | Steve Hilton demands laptop evidence over claims Xavier Becerra knew kids went to traffickers

Steve Hilton is demanding federal officials turn over records — including a former federal contractor’s laptop — that he claims could expose what Xavier Becerra knew about migrant children being handed to traffickers during the Biden administration.The Republican candidate for governor is targeting his Democratic rival’s tenure as Health and Human Services secretary, alleging Becerra and the Biden White House knew children were being delivered to sex and labor traffickers.In a letter sent Monday to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Hilton pointed to a former federal contractor’s laptop that he said had been given to congressional investigators.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story The letter identified the whistleblower as Tarek “Joey” Kadourah, who supervised a transportation team for federal contractor MVM that moved migrant children from government facilities to sponsors.“If the testimony of whistleblowers is accurate, and the contents of the laptop are as reported, the role of Xavier Becerra and the Biden White House in the trafficking of thousands of migrant children represents one of the biggest and most shocking scandals in U.S.government history,” Hilton wrote.Hilton’s campaign reported $406.10 in car service and meal expenses for Kadourah’s travel for interviews in August, according to a campaign finance disclosure.In a recent interview with journalist Lara Logan, Kadourah alleged agents reported children crying, girls trying to flee during transportation stops and adults with apparent gang tattoos collecting children.“Some of them even looked like gang members,” Kadourah said, citing what he described as “MS-13 tattoos, Mexican mafia tattoos.”He recalled a military veteran and former corrections officer raising co...