Mystery surrounds DOJ’s investigation of Gavin Newsom

Nearly four months have passed since California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) publicly and unexpectedly announced President Trump was launching what Newsom described as a politically motivated federal investigation into him and his wife. 

Federal agents had “knocked on the doors” of family friends and former employees, the governor said at the time.

Since then, Newsom — widely seen as a 2028 Democratic presidential contender and one of Trump’s most vocal adversaries — has sought to take action. He hired the prominent defense attorney Abbe Lowell and requested the Department of Justice (DOJ) records while seeking to go on offense against Trump’s administration. 

Trump, the DOJ and officials representing the administration, for their part, have not said a word on the matter — something Democrats, including Newsom’s allies, find peculiar. 

It has left an unusual political standoff between the two sides, with Newsom defending himself against an investigation that has not been officially disclosed.

“I know nothing more than you know. Period. Full stop,” Newsom told reporters late last month when asked if he knew the latest on the DOJ’s investigation. “Never been contacted by anyone, and I continue to make this point. They continue to zig and zag, and I stand by everything I said in my opening remarks on this.” 

“They are trying to find something anywhere abusing this process, and it is a disgrace,” the governor continued, before adding, “I know nothing more than you know.”

It’s left Democrats wondering what, if anything, Trump is planning, and how the governor will respond. It also comes as federal agents raided the Washington home of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) earlier this week, leaving her property with several boxes of........

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