{"id":66791,"date":"2026-05-14T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/14\/newsoms-former-chief-of-staff-takes-plea-deal-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:23:46","slug":"newsoms-former-chief-of-staff-takes-plea-deal-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/14\/newsoms-former-chief-of-staff-takes-plea-deal-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom\u2019s former chief of staff takes plea deal &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxNUXZ4TkpESlhlamFWb3VPYXk3OGpXVjk0Sl9oeVJURHFEbFRDVjZFZkZPTjZtM0NvUEQtVnpfcVprTUpLWXprZEhuVkdZMktNZFp4WkstQW9KVlFrMmxqWFVvZDJqNEs4SHhrVUp2YlRza3FOZ2cyNTBIU19GVG9wTkRFWGlnTml4Y1dWamQ3ZTdLWXd6OFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Newsom\u2019s former chief of staff takes plea deal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOMlRGWU5YMlBKV3JZdTRGel9wbU0wdUl2UnBxWHlRQzZOOGp2V2hhdUc4WXRSNDByQjNsdnFVSVZQMlUtTjA4MHpyNXlnNEltc1pqY1NERXlLaTlUeFFRQkItT3NIX2phdVhuSWtaMC1pZWxUWFB3WkpwYTN0SmI1bGtiVEhMdXliQ251dWVqNk9ORlFfVndPVTNTejBwczg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Strategist Tied to Becerra and Newsom Is Expected to Plead Guilty to 3 Felonies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOb2psbC1LZllBZmVodTdlVGFpbV83bzFWWVhXYjQ3NkxIajZfS0R4cDQzSE9fcmxqQ0x3N0hTVWhhUi1RQ0FUaGpCV1Y0OEJQWW4wQm15OGJpNlU0OUtsaU1DVjJFMzRGbWVRc19HbHltYVJZNTMtNEFuMUNFYlZ5djRJbGg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Newsom\u2019s former chief of staff pleads guilty in fraud scheme that has roiled the governor&#8217;s race<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQR1hjdTJoLVFCVVBxZk9iWERWZjd6eVpHRWVIV1J3RERwMEsyVURkV0Yza2M0eVhxVjN5Wnppa0lMVlBwN2UtNk9senlKOFFaTnZ3TXk3TDZ4eGJ4anhOazdmU2htRGdlNVY2MFJJbXA4WnVUQWhfNDlPZDFOdHRKSzRYUktjdDJacGJtN0ZFM1NTeFh0VjkzcGlIcldQRGU5OUd6Qk8wTXNHR2tRdGtub293c0I?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Becerra\u2019s consultant to plead guilty to skimming campaign funds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTFA5RzNsNGlySUNsa2E3TFNKeWRSWXBteXNpWEtzbW95dlJnaXFuZzVqV1ZWcEJzWU9vRTZ5dDU3eDJGQVI5Y1M0Q2hIRTlrZmJlYjVqOGcwUW9ydnVacW5qbTN5WXdCb0w1NGpteGV6dVVuanl6ZlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The corruption scandal that could sink Xavier Becerra, explained<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The San Francisco Standard<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom\u2019s former chief of staff takes plea deal&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Strategist Tied to Becerra and Newsom Is Expected to Plead Guilty to 3 Felonies&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/14\/newsoms-former-chief-of-staff-takes-plea-deal-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}