Sacramento, Nov. 13 -- California Governor Gavin Newsom's former chief of staff Dana Williamson was arrested Wednesday in the city of Sacramento after a federal grand jury charged her in a public corruption case, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California.
Prosecutors said the case against Williamson grew out of a three-year investigation involving the FBI and U.S. tax authorities, said the office in a press release.
Citing court documents, the office said that between February 2022 and September 2024, Williamson and others diverted about 225,000 U.S. dollars from a dormant political campaign account to an associate's personal use, routing the money through several business entities and disguising it as...