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Criminal

Dec. 12, 2025

Prosecutors detail 131,000 pages of discovery in political consultant's criminal case

Dana Williamson and two other well-known political consultants have been charged with diverting $225,000 from a campaign account for former congressman and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

Prosecutors detail 131,000 pages of discovery in political consultant's criminal case
Attorney McGregor W. Scott speaks to reporters outside federal court in Sacramento Thursday following a status conference in the criminal fraud case of his client, Dana Williamson.

SACRAMENTO -- The criminal case against political consultant Dana Williamson -- a fixture in California's Democratic politics for more than a decade -- began to take shape Thursday, as prosecutors told a federal judge they have compiled over 131,000 pages of discovery.

Michael D. Anderson, chief of the criminal division with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, told Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley that includes more than 6,000 pages of "highly...

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