Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff was arrested on federal charges of public corruption on Wednesday. There was a statewide gasp of shock. You could almost hear the words spoken in unison in every government office, trade association, consultant business and lobbyist shop in California:

“It’s illegal???”

Yes, according to the federal government, it’s illegal to run a scheme to siphon money from a campaign account, pass it through a lot of consultants and land it in the bank accounts of people with no-show jobs. Former Newsom chief of staff Dana Williamson is alleged to have done that.

It’s also illegal to grift off the COVID paycheck protection program and to deduct the cost of personal luxuries as business expenses on your federal tax return, thereby failing to pay what Democrat

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