{"id":67008,"date":"2026-05-14T17:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/14\/former-newsom-chief-of-staff-pleads-guilty-to-scheme-that-bled-money-from-becerras-account-calmatters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:03:15","slug":"former-newsom-chief-of-staff-pleads-guilty-to-scheme-that-bled-money-from-becerras-account-calmatters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/14\/former-newsom-chief-of-staff-pleads-guilty-to-scheme-that-bled-money-from-becerras-account-calmatters\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Newsom chief of staff pleads guilty to scheme that bled money from Becerra\u2019s account &#8211; CalMatters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE4zLXBTb3U4MEFKWXNGRWxmcGZIOXZqWTd2M2RUVEo3R1U2WVZZb1pvRGgtOFkxelpXUEw1aW1HOGFLUG9GZEVMazk0NEVMNkQ0WTBrQ19mR0F0T1pVbE9RMmRsOVJ2d0hzdlZaSFltYmpaSHpwS180eEUwYW8tcms?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former Newsom chief of staff pleads guilty to scheme that bled money from Becerra\u2019s account<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CalMatters<\/font><\/li>\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\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNdjFZYjA5bjVMdHBDOFlmNFRIZTAyVWYtNUxadmJ3Nk5CMDhEUXRveTU2ZmJhcUhPdUwtWDZPY1BuMVVUQjhXdXRxcGtBTDZDaHhnVEt3eUZVNzlhczNlNjVQZlREdVQ2Yy1fWnprcG5EZUlNUUUzN292OEN5ZC1UU2RjejJaSHE1NkFja1lPbnYyRmczRUxnVFdYOHVRZ1FIZkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">California Democrat linked to Newsom and Becerra pleads guilty to fraud<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxOMlRGWU5YMlBKV3JZdTRGel9wbU0wdUl2UnBxWHlRQzZOOGp2V2hhdUc4WXRSNDByQjNsdnFVSVZQMlUtTjA4MHpyNXlnNEltc1pqY1NERXlLaTlUeFFRQkItT3NIX2phdVhuSWtaMC1pZWxUWFB3WkpwYTN0SmI1bGtiVEhMdXliQ251dWVqNk9ORlFfVndPVTNTejBwczg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Strategist Tied to Becerra and Newsom Pleads Guilty to 3 Felonies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Newsom chief of staff pleads guilty to scheme that bled money from Becerra\u2019s account&nbsp;&nbsp;CalMatters Newsom\u2019s former chief of staff takes plea deal&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico California Democrat&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/14\/former-newsom-chief-of-staff-pleads-guilty-to-scheme-that-bled-money-from-becerras-account-calmatters\/\" 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-67008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67008","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=67008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}