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🔥 Double Dem Trouble: The Swamp’s Western Front Collapses 🔥

The walls are closing in on two Democrat governors.
In California, Gavin Newsom’s top aide just got hauled off by the FBI.
In Arizona, Katie Hobbs is facing a racketeering probe over “donations” that look a lot like bribes.
Let’s break this down. 👇
1/17
Meet Dana Williamson, 53.
She was Gavin Newsom’s chief of staff from 2022–2024, the enforcer insiders called his “political assassin.”
Her job? Crush opponents, silence unions, and carry the Governor’s grudges.
Now she’s facing 23 federal charges.
2/17
The DOJ says Williamson looted campaign accounts and disguised luxury spending as “business expenses.”
We’re talking:
- $15,353 Chanel purse
- $5,818 Fendi wallet
- Private jet travel
- $120K+ Mexican vacations
- Fraudulent PPP loans

The swamp lifestyle, on the taxpayer’s dime.
3/17
She’s accused of wire fraud, bank fraud, obstruction, and filing false tax returns.
If convicted, she faces up to 73 years in prison.
When the judge read the charges, she started crying softly in court.
Everyone else? They’re already cooperating.
4/17
Her co-conspirators include:

- Sean McCluskie, former Chief of Staff to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra (yes, during Biden’s covid years)
- Greg Campbell, longtime Democrat strategist and power broker

Both have flipped and are fully cooperating with federal investigators.
5/17
Let that sink in:
McCluskie was the chief of staff for Biden’s Health Department during the pandemic.
He’s admitted guilt.
The same people who lectured America about “trusting the science” were allegedly falsifying documents and pocketing cash.
6/17
The DOJ said this took “three years of relentless investigative work” with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division.
Translation: they’ve been following the money since before 2022.
And it’s still ongoing.
7/17
The feds even approached Williamson over a year ago asking for help with a probe into Governor Newsom himself.
She refused.
So the reporter outside the courthouse yesterday asked the obvious:
“Should Gavin Newsom be worried?”

Maybe he should be.
8/17
The media once claimed her “resignation” last December was just a “routine staff shuffle.”
In reality, it looks like she or Newsom got tipped off she was about to be indicted.
Classic swamp move: step down before the storm hits.
9/17
But this isn’t just a California story.
The rot runs deeper, across state lines.

In Arizona, Governor Katie Hobbs is now facing a racketeering investigation tied to donations and state contracts.
10/17
In 2022, a company called Sunshine Residential Homes asked the state for a rate increase under its foster home program.
Their request was denied.
Three days later… they “donated” $100,000 to Hobbs’ inauguration fund as a “Gold Sponsor.”
A few months later, their rates jumped 60%.
11/17
That increase was worth $4 million a year.
Sunshine went from a routine provider to the highest-paid contractor in the system.
And they’ve given nearly $400K to Hobbs and the Arizona Democrat Party.
It’s the kind of “coincidence” only the swamp can believe.
12/17
Here’s the ugly part.
One of Sunshine’s foster kids, a 9-year-old diabetic boy, died last year.
The company claimed the child “refused to take his insulin.”
State regulators gave them a mild “licensing violation.”
Then Hobbs’ team gave them a massive raise.
13/17
Now the Arizona Attorney General, Maricopa County Attorney, and State Auditor General have all opened investigations.
And when reporters tried to ask Hobbs about it?
She literally ran away from the cameras.

(Yes, there’s video.)
14/17
So let’s recap:
- California: FBI arrests Newsom’s ex–chief of staff and two Dem operatives
- Arizona: Racketeering probe into Hobbs’ pay-to-play scandal
- DOJ & IRS still digging
- Multiple cooperators flipping

Two blue states.
Same playbook.
Same unraveling.
15/17
They called it “public service.”
Turns out it was a public shakedown.
The Western Front of the Democrat swamp is collapsing, and the ripple effects haven’t even hit D.C. yet.
16/17
Double Dem Trouble: The Swamp’s Western Front Collapses

🧵/END
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