'''William Newsom''' is a former US Appeals Court Judge and father of [[California]] [[Democrat]] governor [[Gavin Newsom]].
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'''William Newsom''' is a former California Appeals Court Judge and father of [[California]] [[Democrat]] governor [[Gavin Newsom]].
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Newsom served on the board of directors of Trans-International Computer Investment Corporation (TCI), a [[Silicon Valley]] computer firm with ties to [[military]]-[[intelligence agency|intelligence]] [[front]]s under its president Otto von Bolschwing, an [[SS]] officer and early associate of [[Adolf Eichmann]]. Von Bolschwing obtained [[US]] [[citizen]]ship in 1959 under [[Operation Paperclip]]. Newsom acted as the company's [[attorney]]. The two traveled together extensively in [[Europe]] to secure business deals with Bolschwing contacts in banking and industry.
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Newsom served on the board of directors of Trans-International Computer Investment Corporation (TCI), a [[Silicon Valley]] computer firm with ties to [[military]]-[[intelligence agency|intelligence]] [[front]]s under its president Otto von Bolschwing, an [[SS]] officer and early associate of [[Adolf Eichmann]] in the Office of Jewish Affairs (''Judenreferat'') where he specialized in the expropriation of [[Jewish]] property. Bolschwing served in the [[Sicherheitsdienst]] (SD) in [[Mandatory Palestine]] and later in [[Romania]], where he was involved in instigating the Legionnaires' Rebellion and the Bucharest Pogrom in 1941. Von Bolschwing obtained [[US]] [[citizen]]ship in 1959 under [[Operation Paperclip]]. Newsom served as the company's [[attorney]]. The two traveled together extensively in [[Europe]] allegedly to "secure business deals" with Bolschwing's contacts in [[bank]]ing and [[industry]].
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TCI had intelligence-linked activities connected to broader networks involving the [[Gehlen Organization]] and [[CIA]] through von Bolschwing's ongoing status as an asset. TCI filed for [[bankruptcy]] in 1971 amid a stock [[fraud]] scandal and his [[Nazi]] past exposed. His [[American]] citizenship was revoked in 1981.
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TCI had intelligence-linked activities connected to broader networks involving the [[Gehlen Organization]] and [[CIA]] through von Bolschwing's ongoing status as an asset. TCI filed for [[bankruptcy]] in 1971 in what the [[Sacramento]] [[DA]] called "possibly the largest stock [[fraud]] in [[California]] [[history]]" and Bolschwing's [[Nazi]] past exposed. His [[American]] citizenship was revoked in 1981.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230928234946/https://news.knowledia.com/US/en/articles/ex-nazi-s-brilliant-us-career-strangled-in-a-web-of-lies-e3688c89d2298f124e291373edf28b8a6f7dbc94 Ex-Nazi's brilliant U.S. career strangled in a web of lies], ''San Jose Mercury News'', November 20, 1981.</ref>