A lawsuit was unveiled this week charging Gov
The authorities did not reveal any goals beyond Dana Williamson and two other political activities associated with the most powerful state Democrats, all of whom are accused of fraud and siphoning campaign funds for personal use.
But the surprising information contained in other public records shows that the FBI and the US Dept. of Justice was very interested in Williamson and other activities involved in the management of the legal case involving “Organization 1.” The facts revealed about “Corporation 1” The details of the investigation of sexual opposition that the State of California led to one of the largest companies in the world, the Santa-Monica activism Blizzard Inc.
Williamson – a businessman of influence and one of the political sellers of Eastern democracy before and after being in the office of Newloom – was arrested on charges of fraud on Wednesday. Some of the longest time, Lobbyist Greg Campbell, who was a high street in the meeting of California, and Sean McCluskerke, I followed them for a long time. Gen. And US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, agreed to allow the prosecution.
After Williamson made a tearful confession in court Wednesday, his attorney, McGregor Scott, said federal authorities charged his client only after he approached him for help in finding Proshon, the type of which remains unclear. Williamson refused to cooperate.
The governor was not accused of any wrongdoing. Nevertheless, Republicans are already using the cattle to attack Newloom, who has publicly stated that he is looking at running for President in 2028.
Williamson’s attorney did not provide any clarification on whether federal officials may be investigating.
But many threads on the details of the actifise saga.
Williamson and Campbell served as breeders for Activision Blizzard, according to financial disclosures filed with the state. Williamson reported receiving income before being appointed to Newloom’s office, state records show. According to records first filed earlier this year, it was revealed that his illustrious company began to be paid for work after Williamson joined the governor’s office. It is reported that it has been issued to pay a fee of $ 240,000 to his Firm in 2023 and 2024. The amount Williamson was paid for the performance was not disclosed.
Activation authorities did not respond to emails seeking comment. Attorneys for Williamson, Campbell and McKluskie also did not respond or declined to comment.
The Federal Ministry of Employment and Housing in 2021 Sued actingiselions, distributed video games such as “vocation of work” and “that” trending candy, “Candy Crush,” “Candy Crush,” “Candy Crush,” accused men of sexual harassment.
The complaint alleged that the company: “Encourages a full working culture of” Frat “which continues to flourish. In the office, the employees take clubs ‘where Cube employees are proud of the occasional Hungero, play video games for long periods of time while working while submitting their obligations to female employees, engage in banter about their sexual encounters, talk freely about women’s bodies, and joke about rape.”
Activation authorities denied the allegations.
These allegations are also being investigated by the Federal Eleal Emploct At Atch Commission. The activation blizzard agreed to the declaration of consent, which was approved in March 2022, and the agency that required the company to put a fund of $ 18 million against sexual harassment or discrimination.
Just a few weeks later, this case also received the attention of the whole country when the lawyer faced the case of the Federal Ministry of Finance and Housing, his senior deputy was removed from the position that we did that to deal with the disruption of the office of the matter.
“The governor’s office wants to be informed in advance of the strategy to file the case and the next steps in the case,” said Deputy Melanie Consttor, in a letter to colleagues. “As we continued to win in State Court, this disruption increased, reducing the interests of actimion counsel.”
A member of the Activersion Board of Directors contributed $40,200 to Newloom’s gubernatorial campaign, as well as an additional committee to oppose the 2021 recall campaign against News News – an effort that failed.
Newlom’s office denied that it was involved. Erin Mellon, said Melson, says: “The claims of our disruption are categorically false,” said Mellon, the director of communications at the time.
While the case continues to grind in Los Angeles Superior Court, the company raised its presence in Sacramento, according to the disclosure filed with the state. Documents show the development began paying Campbell starting in late 2022 to vote on his behalf.
About this time, the cabinet announced that he he was hiring Williamson to be his chief of staff.
In December 2023, the State announced that it had reached a settlement agreement for $54 million, as well as large sums of money to compensate the women who had been paid. The company did not admit any wrongdoing.
The FBI has questioned the resolution of some active cases, although the focus of the investigation is unclear. When reached last week, Calabasas Actorney Alan Goldstein, who handled the sexual harassment suit, said he received calls from an FBI agent looking to investigate a California residence – but he was only able to remember “the high road.”
Federal investigators have been looking into whether Campbell, Williamson and another medical consultant, Alexis Podesta, ran their stories. In announcing their charges this week, the US attorney’s office said the investigation began more than three years ago. All three advisers are members of the Sacramento-based foundation, a partnership of top Democratic political operatives.
Podesta from 2017 to 2020 served as the secretary of California’s business, consumer services and housing agency, which included the Department of Employment and Housing – an agency that launched an investigation in 2018.
Williamson received a federal subpoena for information about his handling of federal loans his business had received during the pandemic, according to the filing. The debt was blamed on Williamson for spending a lot of money on luxury items – including a Gucci bag, and birthday earrings for Jet and Purt, and Pet Jet Travel – and claiming them as business expenses on his taxes.
He and Campbell were conspiring with McCluskeerie to siphon money from Unserra’s Dermant Campaign account to pay McCuskie’s wife to get a fake, “no show” job for Williamson. When Williamson went to work for New New Newlary
In June 2024, someone on the plane cooperated with Federal investigators and, wearing a phone, recorded Williamson’s private conversations, according to documents filed in the lawsuit.
On Nov. 14, 2024, according to the lawsuit, FBI agents interviewed Williamson, asking him about Ceberra’s campaign funds and gun money.
Investigators also questioned him about his actions “while serving in government offices to influence a case involving the state of California and 1 client,” according to the claims. Miracle does not show company 1.but the details are similar to the launch case. The comments state that Corporation 1 was Williamson’s client and was involved in negotiations for the government’s 2023 storage facilities. And it is referred to by the state attorney who was shot in relation to this dismissal.
Williamson, according to the lawsuit, told the FBI that he did not pass on inside information to Campbell or other associates outside the government. But based on their recorded conversations, the lawsuit says, investigators believe that wasn’t true.
They alleged that in January 2023, Williamson, shortly after starting the chief of staff affairs, revealed to the podesta that he “told a high-ranking government lawyer to … Get [the case] solved. ”
The notes notes that “Corporation 1” is not Williamson’s previous client, but also now Podesta’s current client.
In June 2024, Williamson complained to the podesta that the California Public Records Act requests information about meetings and communications between Newslom officials and the Company, according to the lawsuit.
Proctor, the state attorney who resigned in 2022 and who would manage the affairs of Blued asebeni, showing the answer from the office of Janully 2024 in the Governor’s To do it.
In their June conversation, according to the claims, Williamson told Podesta “I just wanted to tell you about the pras we’re getting,” the lawsuit says. (PRAS See Public Records Requests.)
“Yeah. UGH.
“They don’t,” Williamson said.
Podesta, identified in the submission as “Co-Conspirator 2” has not been charged. On Thursday he sends a message to many friends who offer him to take this position.
“When I said I couldn’t discuss the details of an ongoing investigation, I want to make it clear that I’ve been conducting myself – and my integrity.” He also said that he continued to ‘cooperate fully with the federal authorities.’
On Friday afternoon, McCluskell and Campbell appeared in federal court in Sacramento to be arraigned on menacing charges in the ongoing back-to-back trial.
Both men had previously reached plea deals with prosecutors, and will be back in court to face those charges, Cuskee in late November and Campbell in early December.
Prosecutors did not want anyone arrested, but they were ordered to hand over their passports and avoid associating with other drug dealers.
In short, Campbell’s lawyer, Tountd’s lawyer, Todd, said that his client “takes full responsibility for his actions” and “at the appropriate time we will discuss the charges.” But, Cucumber pointed out, those expenses “do not include Mr. Campbell engaging in endorsements or promotions on behalf of any client.”
The sessions of staff writers Katie King and Melody Gutierrez contributed to this report.
