Alexis Podesta, the ultimate Dem insider, rose through California politics – then wore an FBI wire
Alexis Podesta, a longtime Democratic power broker, went from trusted Gavin Newsom appointee to key FBI cooperator in California's biggest corruption investigation.
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Politics Alexis Podesta, the ultimate Dem insider, rose through California politics – then wore an FBI wire By Josh Koehn Published July 2, 2026, 8:52 p.m. ET (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); See more of our coverage in your search results.
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