California Gov. Gavin Newsom says Trump's Justice Department is investigating him and his wife
2d 1h ago by piefed.blahaj.zone/u/CorrectAlias in politics from apnews.com
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the Justice Department is investigating him and his wife, accusing the Trump administration of targeting him for political purposes as he weighs a presidential bid.
Newsom, a longtime political rival of the Republican president, said in a video posted on X that federal agents in recent days have knocked on the doors of his friends and former employees, and have asked for records “not because they found a crime, but because they’re simply trying to find one.”
“Donald Trump isn’t just coming after me because of my mean tweets,” Newsom said, referencing his use of social media to mock Trump. “He’s coming after me because I’m considering running for president, because he hates that I’ve consistently called him out over and over again for his lies and deceit.”
The full details of any investigations related to Newsom were not immediately clear.
A person familiar with the matter confirmed that there are multiple federal investigations into people around Newsom, including one related to his wife’s taxes. The probes began last year after whistleblower complaints in California government, and political leadership in Washington was not involved in the decision to open them, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss ongoing investigations.
They are the latest known Justice Department investigations related to one of Trump’s foes, a trend that has sparked criticism that the administration is using the law enforcement agency as a political weapon.
These comments are stupid. Regardless of your opinion of Newsom, no we shouldn’t have politically motivated investigations. Lemmy is full of idiots, man.
Yeah. I fucking hate Newsom, but the Trump DOJ investigating him is straight up third world dictator shit.
"Third world"? Excuse me? My third world country has public health, effective public transport, free education; and a working, transparent democratic system.
I think you meant to say: "it is straight up dictator shit"
thanks
For real. Y'all realize that celebrating when the government goes after someone you don't like with obviously bogus claims is exactly what MAGA celebrates, right? Like, I don't like Newsom either but we shouldn't celebrate a rogue DOJ under any circumstance.
I'm hoping they're all just tankies which means anything they say is irrelevant.
Trump directs the FBI to act the way he thinks it was directed to act against him.
Problem: He's actually a criminal. The others? Not so much.
If ONLY Gavin Newsom had Pivoted HARDER to the Right this would NEVER have Happened!
Straight up: Donald Trump is a tyrant!
He targets everyone who says anything bad about him. The Projector in chief, who claimed that the Biden administration weaponized the DOJ against their enemies:
Yeah. No.
DJT is the the one who has weaponized the DOJ against his enemies. I honestly don't understand why the congress has not impeached and removed him already, or why jd and Rubio haven't removed him under the 25th amendment.
This two time Trump voter, and 2 time Reagan voter will vote straight blue this November.
Adios, Hotwheels. Adios, Paxton. Adios, Dan Patrick.
This fucking idiot and his ideology have to be stopped. Tomorrow is not soon enough!
This is just a way for Trump to give Newsom some if that DOJ antiweaponization fund money right?
Let this be a reminder to all the neoliberals / "cEnTrIsTs" / abundance / 3rd way / Clinton / Obama / Biden / Pelosi / Schumer / Buttigieg / Newsom / Reagan-lite / 1980s Republican types thinking that compromise, reaching across the aisle, moderation and attacking those even just a tiny bit to their left... will make these monsters spare them.
They won't. Nothing will.
Embrace left-wing populism or you will be just as doomed as all the AOCs / Bernie types you so stupidly and short-sightedly despise. Left-wing populism - the type that offers REAL improvement in the material way to the overwhelming population's needs is the ONLY thing that will make the right-wing scapegoats offered up fall upon deaf ears. Idiots can't be mad at "woke pharma" if the world you've built has made it so everyone is able to afford medications and doctor visits thanks to Medicare-For-All style universal healthcare. Having no student loans thanks to universal publicly funded education and many real good-paying stable jobs available thanks to a robust public infrastructure system that is actually maintained and constantly improved upon makes it a lot harder for young people to be tricked into blaming immigrants for a lack of career opportunities.
Edit : Wow - hey to all the cowards afraid to do anything but downvote. What's the matter? Should we try pivoting toward the center again? Do we just need more Liz Cheney's to win next time? More "I'm With Her?" or "Pokemon GO to the polls?" More "nothing will fundamentally change?" More "K-Hive" and freaking out about snake emojis? More feigned concern about "electability" and other beltway bullshit? More abandoning of marginalized groups in order to try to be the "Diet Coke" of evil instead of just offering "good" at the simple but justifiable expense of pissing off the ultra rich billionaire class?
Nobody wants to vote for you Gavin. Fuck you. Get the fuck out of politics.
Guy who made his entire identity poking the bear: help, the bear is after me!
Fuck Trump, fuck Newsom, and keep both their asses off the ballot.
Maybe if you weren't a neolib trans backstabber who listens to Charlie Kirk with his kid you'd be able to defend yourself.
Fuck Newsom, fuck Trump. Hope there's an actual crime to charge him with, but also hope the entire GOP has simultaneous fatal aneurysms.