Gov. Gavin Newsom, delivering his final state budget plan at the Capitol in Sacramento on May 14, contends that the Trump Department of Justice is trying to get to him through his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom.

President Donald Trump’s ethically compromised Justice Department shows no signs of backing off its all-too-transparent retribution campaign. 

After pursuing the flimsiest of federal indictments against Sen. Adam Schiff of California, former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Leticia James, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Monday’s attempt at political payback targeted Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife, first partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom.

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Their crime? That’s still TBD, and Washington insiders told the New York Times Monday that there were “multiple federal investigations” involving the presumptive Democratic presidential front-runner for 2028.  

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Why not just cut to the quick and charge the Newsoms with criticizing King Trump? That must be a felony by now. 

According to Newsom, the FBI has dispatched federal agents to question friends — and, no doubt, a few enemies — of the Newsoms. For his part, wild-eyed FBI Director Kash Patel has denied that this investigation originated in the Trump swamp. Rather, it stems from a California whistleblower — glad Patel cleared that up. 

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