California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump's Justice Department is investigating him and his wife

SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom connected Monday accused the Justice Department of launching a politically-motivated probe into him and his wife, saying the Trump medication was targeting him arsenic helium weighs a statesmanlike bid.

Newsom, a longtime governmental rival of the Republican president, said successful a video posted connected X that national agents person knocked connected the doors of his friends and erstwhile employees, and person asked for records. Newsom didn't supply specifics connected the quality of the probe, but his bureau said the enquiry appears to person precocious expanded into “increasingly idiosyncratic matters involving the Governor's household and nonrecreational network.”

“Donald Trump isn’t conscionable coming aft maine due to the fact that of my mean tweets,” Newsom said, referencing his usage of societal media to mock Trump. “He’s coming aft maine due to the fact that I’m considering moving for president, due to the fact that helium hates that I’ve consistently called him retired implicit and implicit again for his lies and deceit.”

The afloat details of immoderate Justice Department inquires related to Newsom were not instantly clear. But the revelations were apt to escalate accusations from critics that the Trump medication is utilizing the instrumentality enforcement bureau arsenic a limb to spell aft Trump's governmental opponents.

A idiosyncratic acquainted with the substance denied the beingness of an probe specifically targeting the governor, but said determination are aggregate national probes into radical astir him, including 1 related to his wife’s taxes. The probes began past twelvemonth aft complaints from wrong California government, and governmental enactment successful Washington was not progressive successful the determination to unfastened them, said the person, who spoke connected the information of anonymity due to the fact that they were not authorized to publically sermon ongoing investigations.

The Justice Department declined to remark connected Monday. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche declined to reply questions astir Newsom during a little photograph accidental with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, connected Capitol Hill Monday afternoon. Blanche had a scheduled gathering with Grassley to sermon his information to go lawyer general.

They are the latest Justice Department investigations surrounding 1 of Trump’s governmental foes foes. The Justice Department has besides opened investigations into oregon brought prosecutions against erstwhile FBI Director James Comey,New York Attorney General Letitia James, erstwhile CIA manager John Brennan and erstwhile Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, among different perceived governmental enemies of the president.

“One by one, anyone who has challenged Donald Trump has ended up connected his deed list, and contiguous I proudly articulation that list,” Newsom said successful the video.

Investigators person subpoenaed records, and agents person reached retired to organizations and radical connected to the politician and his wife, according to Newsom's office. The governor's bureau accused the Justice Department of “searching for a transgression that does not exist.”

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the governor’s wife, said the probe showed that Trump is unfit for office.

“There are intelligibly nary boundaries to what Donald Trump volition bash to get his mode oregon to situation those who get successful his way,” she said successful a statement.

The president has repeatedly gone aft the Democrat-dominated authorities during his 2nd word including by curbing a signature program to trim planet-warning emissions from cars, withholding assistance for wildfire betterment and suing implicit authorities policies supporting transgender student-athletes. The authorities has pushed backmost by suing the national authorities dozens of times.

Newsom besides led a propulsion to counteract a Trump-backed effort successful Texas to redraw legislature districts to favour Republicans by championing a palmy redistricting measurement successful California designed to triumph Democrats 5 further House seats.

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Durkin Richer reported from Washington. Associated Press newsman Mary Clare Jalonick successful Washington contributed to this report.

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