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Gavin Newsom using state resources for legal defense

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Gavin Newsom is presumed innocent. He hasn’t even been charged with anything yet — though he claimed earlier this week that federal agents have been questioning his relatives and associates.

There are several controversies that might warrant a closer look — the hundreds of millions of dollars he solicited in “behested payments” for his wife’s nonprofit, for example, which he was fined for disclosing too late; or the recent guilty plea of his former chief of staff on corruption and fraud charges.

But Newsom is entitled to a vigorous defense. And this week, he wrote to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), demanding that it provide any information about political motivations for the investigation, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

Aggressive tactics, to be sure.

There’s just one thing wrong, however: The governor’s demand came on his official letterhead, with a request for DOJ to reply directly to an email address tied to the governor’s office.

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