Gavin Newsom says Trump directed DoJ to investigate him and his wife

The Guardian World Monday 15 June 2026, 18:49 UTC By Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles 1 min read

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California governor says Trump is ‘coming after me because I am considering running for president’Gavin Newsom said on Monday that Donald Trump directed the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to investigate him and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The California governor said in a video statement that federal agents had knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees in recent days as part of an effort to find a crime, demanding records and “abusing the grand jury process”.

California governor says Trump is ‘coming after me because I am considering running for president’

Gavin Newsom said on Monday that Donald Trump directed the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to investigate him and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom.

The California governor said in a video statement that federal agents had knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees in recent days as part of an effort to find a crime, demanding records and “abusing the grand jury process”.

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