The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Gov. Gavin Newsom and first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom, questioning people connected to them, the governor said Monday.
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Newsom, in a video message on Monday, June 15, accused President Donald Trump, long his political rival, of spurring the federal probe because Newsom is weighing a run for president in 2028.
“In recent days, federal agents have knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees. Not because they found a crime. Because they are simply trying to find one,” Newsom said.
“Donald Trump isn’t just coming after me because of my mean tweets; he’s coming after me because I am considering running for president,” Newsom continued. “Because he hates that I’ve consistently called him out over and over again for his lies and deceit.”
Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime – they are simply trying to find one.
He isn’t coming after me because of mean tweets, but because I am considering running for President.… pic.twitter.com/tVYk3WUvO8
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 15, 2026
“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 said.
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When reached on Monday, Brandon Richards, a spokesperson for the governor, pointed to a “fact sheet” that said federal agents have contacted individuals and organizations connected to the Newsoms and have subpoenaed records and conducted interviews “spanning years of personal and professional activity.”
A White House spokesperson declined to comment, as did one for the Justice Department.
But a source familiar with the matter said there are several investigations related to the Newsoms that have been ongoing for roughly a year. The person said these probes — one pertaining to Newsom’s wife and her taxes, and another into his chief of staff — were started by federal agents in California, and called Newsom’s assertion that they were pushed for by Trump “categorically false.”
Trump and Newsom have long sparred, and the governor’s social media accounts often take aim at the Republican president. Last year, the two went head-to-head over the deployment of National Guard troops and U.S. Marines in Southern California to manage protests and support federal immigration actions.
And last year, Trump suggested Newsom should be arrested. “I would do it,” the president said when asked whether his border czar should arrest California’s governor.
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Newsom, on Monday, said he is proudly joining Trump’s “hit list.”
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