Jennifer Siebel Newsom snaps at Trumps DOJ investigation: No boundaries

Jennifer Siebel Newsom has snapped back at a Department of Justice probe into her and husband Governor Gavin Newsom.California’s First Partner branded the move an attack on she and her family and moaned President Trump had “no boundaries” in his pursuit of them.She said: “There are clearly no boundaries to what Donald Trump will do to get his way or to challenge those who get in his way.”“This is not presidential behavior, and the Governor and I will continue to speak truth to power because the American people deserve so much more.”Her response came after Newsom accused Trump of directing the DOJ to investigate him, his wife and other family members as an act of political retaliation as he considers a run for president in 2028.Sources close to Newsom have suggested the probe focuses on nonprofit projects connected to his wife, one of which received millions of dollars from special interests doing business with the state.A second line of inquiry reportedly involves a corruption case tied to the governor’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, who pleaded guilty last month after illegally helping a former client who was being sued by the state, among other crimes.“In recent days, federal agents have knocked on the doors of family, friends, and former employees, not because they found a crime, because they’re simply trying to find one,” Newsom said in a video posted to X.“They’re demanding records, they’re abusing the grand jury process, digging through years and years of random documents.“Donald Trump isn’t just coming after me because of my mean tweets, he’s coming after me because I’m considering running for president, because he hates that I’ve consistently called him out over and over again for his lies and deceit.”Newsom has been a staunch critic of the president ever since Trump was reelected in 2024 and has frequently mocked the president’s tone and voice as part of his own social media strategy.The governor argued Tr...