Gavin Newsom Accuses Trump of Ordering DOJ Investigation

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday accused President Donald Trump of ordering the Department of Justice to investigate the Democrat and his wife.

Newsom said in a post on X that Trump was motivated to target the governor and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom with the probe because of the fact that "I am considering running for President," and thus becoming a future challenge to his presidency.

The governor did not say what he understands the DOJ to be investigating, or if he even knows what it is.

"One by one, anyone who has challenged Donald Trump has ended up on his hit list," Newsom said in a video statement. "And today, I proudly join that list."

"After calling for my arrest last year, Donald Trump directed his Department of Justice to investigate me," Newsom said. "They have not found a crime — they are simply trying to find one."

But Newsom acknowledged that an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento, Calif., is indeed looking into his affairs, and that the probe is largely focused on his wife's tax filings. The governor compared himself to other Trump foes who have found themselves targeted by the DOJ in the president's second term in the White House.

Newsom, in his statement, said, "Donald Trump picked the wrong target. We have nothing to hide."

Newsom emphasized that federal agents have knocked on the doors of family friends and former employees, "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 this is because "he hates that I've consistently called him out — over and over again — for his lies and deceit."

Newsom said "Donald Trump isn't just coming after me because of my mean tweets." Trump was coming after him "because I am considering running for President."

Newsom said Trump is "simply the most corrupt President in American history," and that it is "time he's held accountable for his actions in the courts, not in the White House."

Newsom's office said the DOJ had offered his former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, a deal after raiding her office in exchange for information about Newsom,