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trusted, long-time aide to commit fraud don't match any of the case documents. Having ideations that you know more than the investigators only serves you for your own personal reasons. It's not something verifiable. Since you posted the Politico article in this thread, it was assumed you knew more about the actual case, but your posts prove otherwise.

I was able to find out enough information from just a couple quick Google searches days ago where this was all going, and it was not as you described. You still haven't bothered with providing any facts about why Becerra asked his staff to look into administering the account. The initial amount was $7,500, but that's where the actual fraud started taking place, only partially described by you.

You can have your own opinions, but not your own facts. Here's what actual case documents say, and there is plenty more out there so I won't link -- easily findable:

"McCluskie told Becerra his wife would work for a company connected to Campbell, but did not disclose that she would be paid with campaign funds or that she would not perform any work, the plea agreement stated."
"McCluskie did not tell Public Official 1 (Becerra) that his spouse's pay was and would be paid using campaign funds," the plea said. ""He likewise did not tell Public Official 1 (Becerra) that his spouse was not actually doing work."

Unless there's an agenda, it seems most thoughtful voters would see that Becerra was betrayed by long-time personnel, as was Newsom whose Chief of Staff was involved.

Two days of this dredging is enough. The info is out there to show why Xavier Becerra wasn't charged with anything and did not know of the fraud.