Katie Porter Goes Nuclear on Top Dem Rivals in Scorched Earth CNN Hit: That's Pretty Explosive!'

"Porter heavily suggested that former Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra is implicated in a corruption scandal involving his former chief of staff and accused billionaire Tom Steyer of leaking the viral video of her berating a staffer. The latest polls show Porter tied for 5th place, behind both Steyer and Becerra going into the June 2nd jungle primary where the top two voter getters from either party will advance to the November general election."

"CNN anchor Dana Bash played Porter a clip from CNN's recent gubernatorial debate, saying, Polls are showing support is growing for one of the candidates that you alluded to, the former congressman, state attorney general, and HHS secretary, Xavier Becerra. At CNN's debate earlier this month, some of your fellow competitors pushed him a little bit on the fact that his former chief of staff pleaded guilty to charges related to stealing money from Becerra's campaign account."

"Here's what he said. If you violate the law, you will be prosecuted. No one is above the law. You will be held accountable. If I had been involved, the U.S. Attorney would have had me in that indictment. I was not involved, said Becerra in the clip. Is that sufficient? Bash followed up. It's not. Look, there's still an active investigation going on. Two of the three people who were initially implicated are negotiating plea deals."

"And in those plea deals, they could name Secretary Becerra. I don't know if they will, but that is a risk. And so I don't want to see what happened with Eric Swalwell, happen with Xavier Becerra, Porter replied, comparing Becerra to the disgraced former congressman. She added: This race is too close, it's too chaotic, and there's no reason to take a risk. Look, the simple fact is, Secretary Becerra cannot promise Californians that he will not be named as a co-conspirat"

Porter launched aggressive attacks on rivals in the California governor race during a CNN interview. She suggested Xavier Becerra was implicated in a corruption scandal involving his former chief of staff and accused Tom Steyer of leaking a viral video showing Porter berating a staffer. Polls show Porter tied for fifth place behind Steyer and Becerra ahead of the June 2 jungle primary. The top two vote-getters from either party will advance to the November general election. CNN anchor Dana Bash pressed Porter on Becerra’s response to questions about a former chief of staff pleading guilty to stealing money from Becerra’s campaign account. Porter said the issue was not resolved because an active investigation and plea negotiations could still name Becerra, and she warned against taking that risk.

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