Fmr Newsom chief of staff arrested, accused of stealing $225K and funneling funds to private accounts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Williamson also allegedly subscribed to false tax returns to illegally claim over $1 million in business deductions "for what were actually personal and nondeductible expenditures, such as private jet travel, luxury hotel stays, home furnishings, and designer handbags, as well as deductions for no-show jobs for friends and family.
39% : " Williamson is being charged with conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruct justice, subscribing to false tax returns, and making false statements.
39% : " If convicted, Williamson faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of bank fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit those offenses; up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count of conspiracy to obstruct and making false statements; and up to three years in prison and a $100,000 fine for each count of filing a false tax return.
23% : " "Disguising personal luxuries as business expenses -- especially to claim improper tax deductions or to willfully file fraudulent tax returns is a serious criminal offense with severe consequences," added IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Oakland Field Office Special Agent in Charge Linda Nguyen.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.