Acting AG Blanche Rejects Newsom's DOJ Targeting Claims as 2025 Finance Probe Draws Scrutiny
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 2
Acting AG Blanche Rejects Newsom's DOJ Targeting Claims as 2025 Finance Probe Draws Scrutiny
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 2
Summary
Todd Blanche said Gavin Newsom's claims that Trump's Justice Department is politically targeting him are not "grounded in fact," while declining to discuss any ongoing investigation.
June 15 comments from Newsom had cast the alleged probe of him and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom as a Trump-ordered effort to derail a possible presidential run.
2025 is when the inquiry began, according to Fox sources, based on whistleblower complaints about the couple's personal finances and handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento.
Federal sources told Fox there are investigations involving Jennifer Siebel Newsom, but Fox has not learned of any federal investigation directly targeting the governor himself.
Trump and Newsom have feuded through Trump's second term, and Newsom's office answered Blanche's remarks with a social-media meme and a jab at "Trump goons."