[PJMedia] Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson ...Clownish Dem rep from Broward County, Florida. She is distinguished by her liking for cowboy hats and her demand that people making fun of clownish Congresspeople should be locked up... (D-Fla.) missed the last 43 House votes and hasn't been seen for a month — that's maybe not the most disturbing part of the story.
The eight-term incumbent is probably best known for her collection of hats — usually sparkly ones — is 83 years old, and so it's natural to fear the worst. Wilson's last recorded House vote was on April 17, and House reporter Jaime Dupree noted on BlueSky Wednesday that she "missed all 10 votes on Wednesday in the House," bringing the total to 43 consecutive missed votes over the last four weeks.
A congresscritter disappearing is bad enough, but when her staff appears to be involved in some kind of cover-up, it's arguably even worse.
The closest Wilson has come to a public appearance in weeks was a prepared statement last week responding to the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, calling it "a setback for voting rights and fair representation."
If my 15-year-old were at a concert and I texted him to send a proof-of-life selfie, and all I got was a prepared statement, I'd have to saddle up and go find him.
Yet a prepared statement — and some social media tomfoolery — is all anyone has gotten from Wilson.
My attempts to reach her office via phone and email received no response. Whatever happened, it looks like Wilson's staff is in lockdown mode.
I checked out Florida's new House districts under the map just signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and her District 24 seat remains safely majority-minority Democrat. Wilson faces a primary challenger in the Democratic primary, but Christine Alexandria Sanon-Jules isn't considered much of a threat.
If Wilson is in bad health, maybe the radio silence is meant to keep Sanon-Jules at bay until after the August 18 primary vote.
If that's the case, however, what's the plan — or even just the hope — going forward from the primary?
Speaking frankly, if Wilson is suffering some sort of health issue, someone of her age going missing for a month doesn't bode well for a recovery to full health.
Florida 24 voters deserve to know if their 83-year-old, eight-term representative is capable of carrying on until she's 85 before her ninth term ends.
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Theory: Her staffers have done away with her because she is just sooo annoying. Probably training an AI on her utterances so they can keep issuing press statements and keep their phoney baloney jobs.
[HotAir] You won't see Newsom's name in other MSM mini-stories about this bitch. Hopefully she's turning on Greasy Gav, Becerra, et al, for a plea deal Dana Williamson was Gov. Newsom's chief-of-staff from early 2023 until then end of 2024. She was dismissed after revealing to her boss that she was under investigation.
Today, Williamson accepted a plea deal related to charges brought against her for fraud. The fraud in question also involved Xavier Becerra, who is currently a leading candidate to replace Newsom as governor.
One of California’s most influential power brokers pleaded guilty to three felonies on Thursday in a corruption case that has reverberated through the State Capitol and spurred attacks on a Democratic front-runner in the volatile race for governor.
That powerful figure, Dana Williamson, appeared in federal court in Sacramento, where she accepted reduced charges and pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I., filing a false tax return and conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud...
While her case prompted speculation in November about whether her acts were tied to her work in Mr. Newsom’s office, there has been greater scrutiny this month on her connections to Mr. Becerra because of his unexpected surge in the governor’s race.
The plea deal actually seems pretty generous given that Williamson was facing 23 counts relating to three separate incidents. The plea deal will wind up dropping most of those charges.
The plea deal, as laid out in court filings, dramatically reduced the number of charges against Ms. Williamson. In exchange, she would pay more than $500,000 in restitution, the agreement says, and could face time in prison, to be determined at a sentencing hearing later this year.
She likely will do some time but the expectation is that it will be around 3 years. In general that probably means she'll be out in 18 months. But sentencing is still a couple months away. One reason we could see an even lighter sentence is that Williamson recently had a liver transplant so the judge may decide to take it easy on her for health reasons.
Becerra is connected to the case but so far only as a victim.
The alleged scheme saw Williamson siphon campaign funds from Becerra’s state campaign account to pad the salary of his chief of staff, Sean McCluskie. McCluskie and another alleged co-conspirator, lobbyist Greg Campbell, accepted plea deals around the time Williamson was indicted and are scheduled for sentencing on June 4.
“As part of an investigation that began in 2022, Williamson joins the two others who were charged in the ‘Conduit Scheme’ conspiracy in pleading guilty,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Grant in a statement. “These conspirators, three of whom are former public officials, shockingly looted campaign funds for personal benefit. Our office and our law enforcement partners will continue working to protect the integrity of the electoral process and ensure that those who scorn the law are held accountable.”
Plea deal documents filed Thursday morning note that Williamson and her co-conspirators made “false statements” to Becerra about the purpose of the funds being siphoned from his account.
Williamson was considered Newsom's "political assassin" and his top adviser less than 18 months ago. Newsom may not have known what she was up to but he certainly knew her very well and worked with her daily for two years. The idea that he doesn't even know the details of her case is nonsense.
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Corruption and fraud coming pretty close to Gavin again and again. Makes you wonder if the OPPO research and black-book files from other 2028 dem king-makers is being shared to kill off a loser early?
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Looks like she will serve no time and someone else will pay the restitution for her. In plea deals, the perp has to support other prosecutions as needed.
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[FoxNews] A comprehensive final report released Tuesday by the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee concluding its work for the current session takes aim at a "culture of tolerance" under Gov. Tim Walz that it says allowed serial fraudsters to fleece taxpayers for billions of dollars.
The 84-page final report, which follows two dozen hearings and hundreds of whistleblower tips, paints a grim picture of state government malfeasance, incompetence and the active suppression of internal warnings.
The committee concluded that the scale of fraud in Minnesota is "massive and unprecedented," costing taxpayers an estimated $300 million in federal meal program fraud and up to $9 billion in Medicaid fraud. The report asserts that the total amount stolen across multiple programs, including childcare and SNAP, is significantly higher than previously believed.
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Another thing we would like to be assured of is that the fraud has been stopped. I’m pretty sure that they are implying falsely that the fraud has stopped and that, in actuality, it’s probably curtailed by 10% or so.
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One step at a time. They’re handling an awful lot of cases with reduced staff because of all the Deep Staters they’ve got rid of thus far.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Senators have unanimously voted to withhold their own pay during future government shutdowns.
Good for them.
The paused funds would be paid at the end of the shutdown, and the resolution, sponsored by Louisiana Republican John Kennedy, will take effect after the midterm elections this November.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Kennedy said, 'We ought to hide our heads in a bag,' lambasting his colleagues for the two most recent government shutdowns.
The most recent shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which ended late last month, took 76 days to resolve.
Last year, the majority of the federal government was shut down for 43 days as Democrats on Capitol Hill stood their ground and let funding lapse due to the expiration of healthcare subsidies.
'It's got to stop. Shutting down government — it should not be our default solution to our refusal to work out our issues and our differences,' Kennedy told his colleagues on the floor.
Kennedy also added that he wanted to make the proposal effective immediately, as he is 'very concerned that my Senate colleagues on the Democratic side are going to try to shut down government yet again right before the elections to try to create chaos to affect the midterm elections.'
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