Pat Nolan: Here Comes the Bribe | 203

About this episode

Pat Nolan, a former powerful California lawmaker, discusses his fall from grace due to corruption and his unexpected rebranding after prison.

In the 1980s, Pat Nolan was one of California’s most powerful conservative lawmakers – pushing to shrink the government and expand the death penalty, while quickly climbing the political ladder. He was ambitious, disciplined…and according to the FBI, dirty. Behind closed doors Pat took illegal campaign donations in a scheme so blatant it became the centerpiece of a sweeping federal sting operation that took down an entire generation of right-wing California politicians. What started as a power grab turned into a full-blown corruption crackdown. But prison wasn’t the end of Pat’s story. Because after his fall, the former tough-on-crime crusader comes out preaching something very different…and pulls off one of the most unexpected rebrands in Scamfluencers history. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Scamfluencers ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guest: Pat Nolan

Topics covered

• corruption
• politics
• rebranding
• lawmakers
• California
• campaign donations

Keywords

• Pat Nolan
• corruption
• California politics
• FBI sting
• campaign donations
• rebranding
• death penalty

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI

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