Newsom says DOJ conducting baseless investigation of him and his wife at Trump's direction
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Gov.Gavin Newsom on Monday accused the Justice Department of launching — at President Trump’s request — a baseless and politically-motivated investigation into him and his wife, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom.“After calling for my arrest last year, Donald Trump directed his Department of Justice to investigate me,” Newsom said.
“And just in the last week, I’ve learned his campaign has reached my own home: to get me, he’s coming after my wife, Jen.”Newsom adamantly denied any wrongdoing by him or his wife.The White House referred questions to the Justice Department, which declined to comment.A source familiar with the matter who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly told The Times that there are two probes underway, one related to Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, and one related to Siebel Newsom’s taxes.The source said both investigations have been ongoing for about a year; were launched by prosecutors in Sacramento based on information provided by whistleblowers and other local sources in California; and were not the result of directives out of Washington or the White House.Newsom said that in recent days, “federal agents have knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees,” and have been “demanding records,” “digging through years and years of random documents” and “abusing the grand jury process” in a quest to find any kind of wrongdoing by him or his wife.“Not because they found a crime.
Because they are simply trying to find one,” he said.Newsom did not describe the specific nature of the alleged probe, the line of questioning faced by friends and employees or the types of records taken or reviewed by federal investigators.
But he alleged that Trump instigated the probe because Newsom is considering running for president in 2028, and because Trump “hates that ...