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LOS ANGELES, June 15 (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday accused President Donald \u200bTrump of directing the Justice Department to undertake a politically motivated investigation of \u200chim and his wife.<\/div>
“Donald Trump isn\u2019t just coming after me because of my mean tweets,” Newsom said in a video statement posted to X. “He\u2019s coming after me because I am considering running for \u200bPresident.”<\/div>
The Justice Department and the White House did not immediately respond to a request \u200bfor comment.<\/div>
Newsom said federal agents had in recent days been knocking \u2060on the door of members of his family, friends and former employees demanding records and \u200bdigging through years-old documents.<\/div>
“Not because they found a crime. Because they are simply trying \u200bto find one,” he said.<\/div>
Speaking directly to Trump in the video, Newsom said: “You can subpoena my records. You can investigate me. You can harass me. Put my name on every and any enemy\u2019s \u200blist you have, but leave my wife and family out of your personal \u200bvendetta.”<\/div>
Newsom and Trump have long been critical of each other, clashing on major issues including climate change, \u200cpipelines \u2060and the Republican president’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state last summer.<\/div>
Last year, Trump said he would support Newsom being arrested over his alleged obstruction of immigration enforcement in California.<\/div>
Since Trump returned to office for a second term, his \u200bJustice Department has targeted \u200bseveral of the \u2060president’s perceived political enemies with criminal prosecution, pursuing criminal charges against former FBI director James Comey, New York state Attorney General Letitia James and former \u200bNational Security Adviser John Bolton.<\/div>
The department has also opened investigations \u200binto U.S. \u2060officials who concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to boost Trump’s first campaign, Democratic lawmakers who urged U.S. military personnel to refuse unlawful orders and liberal \u2060donors \u200band fundraising groups.<\/div>
A tally by Reuters published in November \u200b2025 revealed at least 470 people, organizations and institutions had been targeted for retribution since the beginning \u200bof Trump’s second term.<\/div>