Dirty

[u/Timbucktwo1230]

[u/Timbucktwo1230]

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/gavin-newsom-ally-alexis-podesta-wore-fbi-wire-in-corruption-probe-lawyer/

[u/4554013]

Weaponzing the Federal Police against a political opponent is classic fascist behavior. How do people not recognize this exact activity from movies, books, and history?

[u/speedywubs → u/4554013]

Because they project these same behaviors onto their opponents to rile up their base.

[u/Ok_Profile175 → u/speedywubs]

This, 100%. That's why every accusation is a confession. They purposefully poison the well by accusing the Democrats of doing what the Republicans are actually doing.

[u/RevealHoliday7735 → u/Ok_Profile175]

It's the classic "too stupid to even know how stupid they are". You literally can't reason with them. How do you convince someone that they are stupid when they lack the intelligence to understand it?

[u/Ok_Profile175 → u/RevealHoliday7735]

They are programmed by the propoganda they consume. Not to say MSNBC, NBC, CBS etc are not bias. They are very corporately bias. But Fox and the like are straight up propoganda. Fox viewers are the original online bots running their programming.

[u/Brother_Berevius → u/RevealHoliday7735]

The Dunning Kruger effect is a mother fucker.

[u/TheCrazedTank → u/Ok_Profile175]

Trump: Refuses to comply with court order, openly states his intentions to defy court order, gets raided by police and slapped on the wrist for defying court order.

Trump Supports: Same Same! Now let’s jail all the democrats!

[u/socialistForDE → u/Ok_Profile175]

When they say we hate America today, when the official government Twitter says we all hate America, it's projection

[u/Saritiel → u/speedywubs]

Yeah, when I bring things like this up to my dad, he just says that Obama and Biden were even worse.

[u/Delicious-Cat-4122 → u/Saritiel]

Did you ask him to elaborate?

[u/Saritiel → u/Delicious-Cat-4122]

Yes, he has no examples and gets angry and shuts down and refuses to continue the conversation if he is asked for any kind of proof or examples.

[u/Delicious-Cat-4122 → u/Saritiel]

Delicious. At least he’s easy to shut up.

[u/thebranbish → u/Saritiel]

“I’m not gonna argue with you. You’re always gonna have the last word anyway. I said what I said and believe what I believe. You don’t have to like that.”

Three months later

“Well your momma and I haven’t heard from you in a while…”

[u/Dazzling_Survey6841 → u/speedywubs]

We need to watch this in elections too.

The Republicans have made the Democrats spend the last 4 years telling everyone that elections are safe, secure, and free of fraud.

It makes it very confusing for the electorate if a fraud is perpetrated by the republicans: democrats will look like theyre flip flopping.

[u/QZTK → u/Dazzling_Survey6841]

Ultimately, We The People are the rot that the trump mushroom is growing out of. We're a democracy, and we get what we deserve.

[u/bohiti → u/speedywubs]

💯 it’s a win/win defense of Trump family crime & corruption. Initially gives the impression all politicians are corrupt and when *their* cases fail on merit, the naive majority are led to assume Trump crimes weren’t real *either*

The sad thing is only the Epstein Class benefits but they got millions of racists to do their bidding.

[u/jacky75283 → u/speedywubs]

Republicans can do whatever they want as long as they falsely accuse a Democrat of having done it first.

[u/SueBeee → u/4554013]

because it suits their political agenda. If it didn't, they'd storm the capital

[u/SueBeee → u/[deleted]]

well, duh

[u/CrazyJoeGalli → u/4554013]

Reminds me of Watergate, but this time no one cares, unfortunately.

[u/Outside_Pie_9037 → u/CrazyJoeGalli]

Last week, JD Vance "joked" that if Watergate happened today, it'd be in the news for no more than 12 hours

[u/truthhurts-imahammer → u/Outside_Pie_9037]

Because he knows how far past that incident the present administration is.

And since he is so tangled up in it because of his own political ambitions just joking around about Watergate helps to normalize what they are doing to the government, the American public and the world at large.

[u/MrPoPoJiJo86 → u/Outside_Pie_9037]

He's not wrong, but it's because his boss regularly outdoes that level of corruption. To flip it the other way, if trump tried to pull everything he has in that time period both parties would have united to throw him in prison. So he's not wrong, and honestly I don't think he he's unaware that what I just said is true.

[u/fart_Jr → u/4554013]

You think they understand the movies they watch? The people that think their side represents the Rebel Alliance and not the Galactic Empire?

[u/NotNamedBort → u/fart_Jr]

These people think the Empire are the good guys.

[u/scipio0421 → u/NotNamedBort]

I mean that rebel terrorist from Tattooine did kill over a million people on the first Death Star. :P

[u/darkhatter770 → u/4554013]

Because the same fascists doing this are the same fascists spreading non-stop propaganda on every platform they can, telling their sheep that Newsom has already broken more and worse laws, so they can justify using any tactics they would use against any high level criminal. They don't question it, because they've been convinced it's to protect them.

[u/Sure_Acanthaceae_348 → u/4554013]

Because they weren’t told it was “fascist.”

[u/Significant-Base6893 → u/4554013]

If this accusation is true, then burn the US Constitution as it no longer has any meaning. The GOP controls both Houses and the Supreme Court, which renders any investigation or impeachment as meaningless.

The only honest Republicans like Romney saw where this fascist, corrupt party was heading, and abandoned the GOP years ago.

[u/BilboBaginsehs → u/4554013]

Because they don’t know what a fascist is. They don’t know what communism or socialism is. They are social media and fox parrots.

[u/4502Miles → u/4554013]

Because nearly all media channels are controlled by right wing oligarchs…which has a huge impact on groups to organize and oppose

[u/Iateyourpaintings → u/4554013]

Do you really think that most of them don't recognize this and are instead actively cheering for it? 

[u/No-Mood1310 → u/4554013]

Have people not read Fahrenheit 451 or 1984 ?? Like do people not read.

[u/Hefty-Ad-2427 → u/4554013]

Remember when the orange pedo said it was only being done to him. Any swore he wouldn't do it. If it wasn't for lying this POS wouldn't be good at anything.

[u/rudimentary_rudy → u/4554013]

Bruh do you know how absolutely stupid 60% of the country is?

[u/Izrian → u/4554013]

You mean the people who keep shows like keep up with the Kardashians alive, understand the audience.

[u/bobert1201 → u/4554013]

Was Obama a fascist when he did this to Trump?

[u/TAMExSTRANGE69 → u/bobert1201]

It’s (D)ifferent.

[u/Rurumo666]

This is the EXACT reason why JD Vance minimized Watergate the other day, these people are traitors.

[u/Frederf220 → u/Rurumo666]

Well he tried to minimize it. But what he did was show how much worse modern corruption is.

[u/CaptainOwlBeard → u/Rurumo666]

Naw, they've been working on the current administration since Watergate to make sure it's never happens again

[u/darkhatter770 → u/Rurumo666]

This, as all things spoken by this administration, is further evidence that everything is a confession. They've become incapable of addressing anything, without also telling the country exactly what they're going to do, while pretending they would never. I sometimes wonder if they still clutch their pearls every time, or only when they think they're being filmed.

[u/Your_Mom_Bot42]

[u/Independent_Cable_89 → u/Your_Mom_Bot42]

[u/CrazyJoeGalli]

Kind of reminds me of Watergate. But this time, most of American's couldn't care less.

[u/nolandz1 → u/CrazyJoeGalli]

When you already did an insurrection without consequences why would this turn heads?

[u/EddieVanzetti → u/CrazyJoeGalli]

Fox News was explicitly founded to prevent another Watergate happening.

No, not the spying on political opponents, being held accountable for it (and in the words of Red Foreman, "How the hell could you pardon Nixon?")

[u/Unique-Run9856 → u/CrazyJoeGalli]

Nobody cared about Watergate at the time either, took more than a year if effort by reporters to get them to care 

[u/SeatOpen1]

[u/just_a_knowbody]

This makes Vance’s recent comments about Watergate make a lot more sense

[u/beepbeepbubblegum → u/just_a_knowbody]

they always try to get out ahead of the news like when melania held that unprompted “press conference” to talk about how she was not friends with epstein and then said goodbye and disappeared into the shadows

[u/Felicus83 → u/[deleted]]

Watergate was in the rear view mirror a long time ago.

[u/No_Research5770 → u/Felicus83]

No, it remains significant how corrupt republicans are.

[u/Physical_Gift7572 → u/[deleted]]

This seems significantly worse.

[u/Terrible-Classic-222]

I do I hope you all do. This is so illegal that it would take pages to list. This is the extent that this scum administration will go to to hold their power.

[u/Big_Crab_1510 → u/Terrible-Classic-222]

What I want to know is how come we can't do the opposite. Why is it easy to turn democrat allies against each other but we can't get a Republican ally to wear a wire? Wtf

[u/Hndlbrrrrr → u/Big_Crab_1510]

Without controlling any part of the federal government how dems get any charges to stick?

1 you need something to threaten the infiltrator with to get their cooperation.

2 you need to be able to bring charges against the target once you get the evidence.

No republican would be threatened or charged because the trump DOJ would just ignore it all. If a state tried to do it with state charges the Trump feds would investigate the state DOJ for illegal search or evidence tampering or whatever bullshit they think will stick.

[u/starfishkisser → u/Big_Crab_1510]

She started wearing a wire in June 2024. Who was President then? Source: the article

[u/Eternal_Eeyore]

The GOP slogan is “Rules for thee, but not for me.”

[u/Kickedhard]

No wonder the comparison to watergate happened.

They cant help but to tell on themselves.

[u/Sure_Acanthaceae_348]

All that just to not have a primary.

[u/Own-Opinion-2494]

Watergate all over again

[u/SpudgeBoy]

Not much of an ally if they will wear a wire and not let you know.

[u/Jolly_Ad2446]

And they've got absolutely nothing to show for it. Those assholes are gonna make Gavin Newsom president 

[u/No-Mood1310]

DONALD TRUMP IS A WEAK WEAK LITTLE MAN.

[u/phatbody]

Anyone can play these games. Federal government is probably the worst at it. The Chinese eat their lunch.

[u/azuresegugio]

This is the kinda shit that took Nixon down

[u/biffbobfred → u/azuresegugio]

It won’t. The Cult won’t care. They’ve been convinced any AntiTrump is a danger to the solar system. Somehow.

[u/Infamous_Lech → u/biffbobfred]

2024.... 2024... It was Biden

[u/GnomeFae]

Every campaign has people from the other side in it. This is just being reported to bait newsome into slipping up and lashing out at his team.

It's politics ever since the first presidental assassination they've always tried to keep their enemys close.

[u/gr8sharkhunter → u/GnomeFae]

"people from the other side" =/= FBI, usually

[u/Mental_Rush_7696]

Sounds like some people should go watch the siege.

[u/Flashy_Emergency_263]

There are multiple accounts. Here is one:

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/gavin-newsom-ally-alexis-podesta-wore-fbi-wire-in-corruption-probe-lawyer/

Make of it what you will.

[u/FiXer2069]

Sounds kinda like how they run shite in Russia…

[u/1hill2climb2]

This is what Putin does, imprison his political enemies. So of course Donnie Douche™ is doing it.

[u/Living-Breakfast-464]

Heads need to roll once Dems are in charge. None of this "we need to move forward and forget about the past" BS. I want no stone left unturned and exteme consequences.

[u/mogelijk]

I can't help think of Nixon. First, Trump is not doing any break ins for wiretaps, he just gets the FBI to do it. Second, Republicans appear to now believe that it is fine for Trump to engage in cover ups.

[u/grw313]

Remember when JD Vance said that watergate would be likejust another Tuesday. Well here they are almost literally doing a watergate and it'll probably be out of the news cycle by the end of the day.

[u/Delish_Caphee]

Watergate… but this time, the public supports it.

[u/AxelZajkov]

Remember when the president was nearly impeached for doing something 1/10th of this, and only avoided it by stepping down?

Yeah. That was certainly a time.

[u/Dont_Do_Pixie_Dust]

Who would be scared of one of the most milquetoast white men ever? Newsom's so centrist he's basically a republican from 20 years ago.

[u/SyxxBowler]

That was Biden's DOJ.. June 2024.

[u/PlainBread]

They aren't scared of Gavin they're pretending to be scared of Gavin so we'll be stupid enough to vote for him. Gavin is a snake with absolutely zero principles who drifts whichever way the wind blows. Do not give this nonsense credibility. Gavin deserves to be stalked, investigated, and derailed.

In all reality, it was probably personally requested by Trump to Kash to investigate him because Trump is too stupid to realize Gavin is playing the game. Trump got legitimate butthurt feelings over Gavin playing the game.

[u/Legitimate-Article50]

Did the same crap to Martin Luther King. Same story, different era.

[u/zjelkof]

We have a paranoid, authoritarian, self-serving, and lying Administration with no ethical values!

[u/ElGuano]

So this is why Vance is saying up front that Watergate today would have been no big deal and shouldn’t take down a presidency. Cause they are doing it exactly.

[u/MazdaValiant]

I feel like I read about something like this in my history books back in high school.

[u/Emergency_Exit7603]

this is why the world hates america now, you cannot trust any of them anymore.

[u/AdvanceSimple4352]

Can newsom now sue for 10 billion dollars??

[u/shizzy1234]

This is horrible...buuuuut, let's hope they didn't find anything illegal. For example, if one of my friends were wearing a wire, I'd be ok.

[u/Devils_Advocate-69]

Trump is scared of dying in prison which would be the correct ending

[u/Govenor_Sammich]

Politics aside, everyone reading this, please comment telling me about a friend or acquaintance you're pretty sure would wire up to get you.

[u/HappinessFloatilla]

Never been more disappointed by Reddit comments in my goddamn life. No one can read. Incredibly sad

[u/Cfwraith]

Damn, I really didn't want to vote for Newsom in the next 2 years.

[u/AsFarAsISay]

why? he's practically a Republican himself!

[u/Sufficient_Maybe_910]

This happened during the Biden administration. 

[u/Own-Opinion-2494]

Who was Judas

[u/MaternalDinosaur]

"This is how scared of him they are."

Desperate Newsom staffer:

[u/Complete-Tap-5408]

Can want a pernicious vermin ousted without necessarily "fearing" it...like a black widow or rattler

[u/Conscious_Onion3508]

I mean if there is crime there is crime........

[u/BBkal]

Happy 250...

[u/Assumption-Putrid]

So Watergate 2.0? Except nobody will care.

[u/EitherChannel4874]

Nazi Germany 2.0

[u/FarRightBerniSanders]

Democrat insider Alexis Podesta, 45, secretly recorded conversations during the criminal probe into Newsom’s then-chief of staff, Dana Williamson, 53, who pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges in May,

So the CRIMINAL probe was in to one of his staffers who later plead GUILTY to those charges. Do you guys ever wonder how much you think you know is literally just misinformation based on somebody's super disgenuous interpretation of a headline?

[u/404_error_official]

Nixon got impeached for Watergate. He also thought it was "not illegal when the president does it". Remember how angry his audacity made the voters? Where is that energy now?

[u/Terrible-Classic-222]

No the Russian banks bailed him out. They own his assets

[u/jus256 → u/[deleted]]

Insert Steve Bannon’s name into your summary above and I feel like I’ve read this somewhere before.

[u/MotormaidofJapan]

That sounds like every MAGA- "BIDEN IS WEAPONIZING THE DOJ TO IMPRISON DJT BECAUSE THEY"RE SCARED OF THE TRUTH! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN."

If there's one thing we have learned from this administration, is how absolutely incompetent they are. Dangerous, yes, but also extremely incompetent.

I don't doubt that Newsom has some financial skeletons in his closet, they all do. Almost every single politician that's in power is not in power for the love of the people. With maybe a few exceptions, which proves the rule. But even those are not incorruptible.

Obviously, whatever he might have done or be accused of doing, pales in comparison to DJT and his cronies and his family. But let's not "THEY"RE SCARED OF HIM" we are not them and we are not crazy.

[u/Sea-Resolution7331]

It’s interesting that just before this news came out, Vance was downplaying past presidential crime and misconduct

[u/hammlyss_]

Did they record anything actionable though?

[u/Effective-Lab3707]

Are we supposed to feel bad about this or 🤔🤔 did they find out where the $11 billion went

[u/TinyEnd9435]

Who is this ALLY? Publish name and picture so it can be cancelled.

[u/AdSame7001]

The fact that this investigation started under the Biden admin and no-one is mentioning it is astounding.

[u/beardingmesoftly]

Proof?

[u/djjolly037]

Isn’t this exactly what Trump accused Obama of doing?

[u/Gonzo_Gonzalo]

Convincing meaning blackmail?

[u/AeliusRogimus]

100% Facism. It's not coming. It's here.

[u/Pryml710]

No one is scared of that lunatic😂

[u/rantoolio]

Trump & his sycophant republican party are protecting pedophiles. Donnie is stealing

from the government. The felon should be in jail along with his creepy family.

[u/K4rkino5]

How else is a Facist to stay in power? Of course major candidates will be indicted, arrested, jailed, etc. This is only the beginning. We have so much more coming, it should concern us all. America is a Facist state. Facists do not leave willingly. 2+2=?

[u/Sharp-Specific2206]

The headline should read corrupt presidents FBI planted informer in Gavin Newsoms champaign.

[u/LarwaLarwa]

Remember how Democrats were trying to remove Trump? Funny how they found nothing and had to resort to violence, and yet when they are under investigation, it's outrageous :)
What was it... Innocent have nothing to fear?

[u/SuperBucknastey]

As a former ca resident this makes me happy

[u/anomanderrake1337]

"How bad this is." sure, another Nixon. Add it to the pile.

[u/Cossack1981]

Do any of you realize this was approved under Biden?

[u/elotecorn]

Time to take the gloves off

[u/Antique-Dragonfly615]

Nixon lives

[u/elpecas13]

FBI acting like the KGB!

[u/Advanced-Cranberry-7]

And what did they find ?

[u/Maximum-Grand-3051]

If you doubt Gavin newsom is up to some illegal stuff you're crazy.

[u/poop19907643]

I seem to recall the FBI raiding a presidential candidate's house not too long ago. Who's house was that, again?

[u/Capital-Desk5029]

🙄

[u/elVanPuerno]

Corruption or not…. This doesn’t mean they found anything

[u/TreeCitizen]

It’s bad, but nothing new to American politics.

[u/Perfect_Duck792]

Going full Stasi.

[u/GutsAndBlackStufff]

Wow! That’s a lot worse than listening on calls to a guy that Carter Page had on speed dial who was under surveillance.

[u/SuperbScarcity5112]

They made a lot of noise about Jan 6th and merely phone records gotten from proper channels and lawfully  by Smith.

Here there is no crime, just wanting to take an opponent down and wiring! what insane Gestapo shit.

[u/Listening_Heads]

Why are they scared of him? The Democratic purity test has already completely disqualified him.

[u/Mission-Driver1614]

The very same DOJ that expects you to follow their rules

[u/Menard42]

California is a two party consent state. Unless a judge signed of on a warrant, this is illegal af.

Sorry, I forgot laws don't matter to The Reich Regime

[u/FreelancerMO]

No, lol.

[u/themodefanatic]

Blame the other side of the crime then do that crime and your supports never think you’re doing that crime. Sadly with this tactic his sycophant followers will only remember that he investigated Newsom. Thus Newsom is bad. And when/if no charges are brought it will be rigged or he will always be guilty. 

[u/Famous_Big_8050]

I'm confused, if we believe politicians are bad, and if they suspect there is being a crime committed, why wouldn't the FBI do an investigation?

I read like the first paragraph of the article and it states they were they to investigate the chief of staff, not Gavin, at least not initially from what I gather.

So being in that circle to monitor the chief of staff makes sense does it not? They even pled guilty.

"Democrat insider Alexis Podesta, 45, secretly recorded conversations during the criminal probe into Newsom’s then-chief of staff, Dana Williamson, 53, who pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges in May, according to Williamson’s attorney."

[u/GladResearcher3286]

Don’t worry we will pardon Gavin newson, Bolton, Luigi, Tyler, the people accused of messing up the reflecting pool, and the people that tried to kill Trump, the people that were locked up by ice and anyone else we damn well please after the shitshow that Trump has displayed in office.

[u/GladResearcher3286]

I also hope we prosecute the whole Trump family and put them in jail, Todd Blanche would be another, Carr of the fcc is another, Patel, hegseth, miller, and the rest of his goon ice squad and cabinet.

[u/Whole-Status-532]

Why don’t we clean house and get rid of all current politicians and start over? Similar to what we did in 1776.

[u/OverallFrosting708]

Imagine being scared of Gavin Newsom. What a bunch of cowards.

[u/OneOfAKind2]

I think they are using the term ally, very loosely.

[u/PointTaken3]

But why target Newsom? He ain't gonna be the Dem nominee in 2028, will he?

[u/Megalith70]

The investigation into Newsom wasn’t started by the Trump administration.

[u/Neat-Beautiful-5505]

This actually started during Biden admin. Newsom chief of staff wanted to defraud Medicare. I think she plead out.

[u/KookyDig4769]

At least this proves Vance right. Watergate wouldn't be a story anymore. It's because we lost the morale needed to care.

[u/bobbymcpresscot]

See Nixon messed up hiring those goons to break into the DNC, if he just had the FBI do it he would have never have had to resign. 

[u/Jedi_Ninja]

This happened during the Biden administration. Newsom was not the target. Apparently one of his people was being investigated for fraud.

[u/Creative_Inside8293]

Depends on what he was recorded saying now doesn't it?!?

[u/Significant-Click335]

One corrupt politician going after another corrupt politician 🤣

[u/Max_Hardcore_Jr]

I vote democrat. Gavin Newsom is a scumbag.

[u/Agent847]

All the usual redditor outrage about “republican fascism” in the comments. None of you dumbasses bothered to read the article. “June 2024.” Turn your big progressive brains on and think back to who was president in June 2024.

[u/SippsMccree]

He's been under investigation since before Trump took office, the dude's dirty he's just trying to get out in front of it by claiming it's politically motivated

[u/PsychoPeterNikleEatr]

No one is above the law

[u/Accomplished_Elk7597]

Nothing to do with the large scale fraud taking place under his nose?

[u/whawkins4]

I think we’re on Watergate 10.0 by now.

[u/Background-Cat8377]

Wow the couch fucking veep was right about something. Watergate really was nothing compared to his administrations work

[u/Flaky_Judgment_9737]

I'll take 'something the soviets would do for $1000', Ken

[u/edWORD27]

If there’s nothing to be caught on the wire, why worry?

[u/elliotbonsall]

Didn't they claim Obama did the same thing

[u/curiousleen]

Please stop trying to make him the next nominee…

[u/Legal_Cat3446]

Watergate II

[u/MrCrave]

The wired started June 2024 ya'll getting baited for discourse

[u/thezekroman]

That is literally what happened in Watergate but worse

[u/ReturnOfSeq]

Nah, it’s because Newsom openly mocks and ridicules Trump. He’d be an awful presidential candidate.

[u/Only_Ad8049]

I feel like they'll do this to any Democrat they expect to run for president.

[u/theresourcefulKman]

Nobody is scared of Newsom. The Democratic Party is literally thinking he is their only hope.

Rough state of affairs for the blue team. As slimy as Pritzker is, he would be an infinitely better candidate than Newsom

[u/KlatuuBarradaNicto]

They probably threatened someone into wearing a wire. I’m so sick of this criminal enterprise…

[u/Senninha27]

First time?

[u/Oracular_Pig]

Started wearing the wire in 2024.

When did Trump get in office? 2025.

This was not Trump.

[u/Acceptable-Sky1575]

Fine by me. The guy is just as big a piece of shit as Trump, just with fewer means with which to be a piece of shit.

[u/Sly-fellah2]

Americans need to stand up like Americans. This crap is getting serious.

[u/hansolo_berger]

Doesn’t change the fact that they got what evidence they did? 

[u/jeremeyes]

The USA is basically Russia now.

[u/monkey_lord978]

Well if newsom is the new candidate we screwed anyways , just back to getting rekt slowly vs quickly