Bonta Backs Newsom in DOJ Probe Fight as 2025 California-Origin Inquiry Undercuts Trump Claim
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 19
Bonta Backs Newsom in DOJ Probe Fight as 2025 California-Origin Inquiry Undercuts Trump Claim
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 19
Summary
Rob Bonta said reports that the federal probe began in California rather than Washington do not change his view that Donald Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department against Gavin Newsom.
2025 is when the inquiry began, according to sources who said whistleblower complaints about Newsom and his wife’s personal finances led the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento to open it without Washington’s involvement.
Newsom announced Monday that he and Jen Siebel Newsom were under DOJ investigation, cast it as a Trump-directed political attack, and tied it to speculation about a 2028 presidential run.
A public-records request filed by Newsom’s office seeks DOJ documents mentioning either spouse during Trump’s second term, as aides argue federal investigators later widened an existing probe to include the governor.
The dispute lands against a broader California corruption backdrop: a separate Biden-era investigation led to charges against Newsom’s former chief of staff, though Newsom himself was not implicated.