SACRAMENTO—On June 15, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced publicly on his Instagram page that he believes President Trump is investigating him. Whistleblower reports indicate that it was not Governor Newsom, but his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who stands accused of funneling funds from her girls club non-profit to herself.
It wasn’t the U.S. Department of Justice investigating the Newsom’s finances. The investigation stems from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento.
Newsom complained in his social media post, blaming President Trump for the U.S. Department of Justice investigating him. “He’s not investigating me because of mean tweets. He’s investigating me because I am considering running for President.”
All prospective Presidential candidates are investigated. President Trump has been investigated since 2015.
According to CalMatters, the State of California sued President Trump and his administration 123 times from 2017-2021.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office reported that the cost of those lawsuits was approximately $10,000 per year. Another 60 lawsuits were filed against Trump in a joint effort between AG Bonta and Governor Newsom between 2025 and 2026.
Newsom admitted to the lawsuits filed against the President at his final State of the State address.
“Fifty-two lawsuits have been filed, funded by you, in a way in this special session that all of you led.” Newsom contends that the President illegally froze federal funding.
Addressing President Trump in his speech, Newsom continued. “You can’t cut off critical food assistance for millions of people. You can’t send the military into American cities without justification, and you cannot cut off funding of medical research, homeland security, or disaster response.”
Trump initially threatened to freeze funds after California authorities refused to follow protocol for wildfire prevention. President Trump reiterated to Governor Newsom during his visit, reminding the Governor of the need for debris removal to prevent wildfires. It wasn’t done. The state burned. The Ynez Reservoir was bone dry, and the fire hydrants did not hold enough water or water pressure to save residents and their homes.
The accusation Newsom made about cutting off funding of “medical research” is in reference to returning the issue of abortion to the states. The U.S. Government no longer uses U.S. tax dollars to fund abortion or abortion research. Medical research done on aborted fetuses is not funded by the U.S. Government anywhere, not just in California.
President Trump sent in the U.S. National Guard to California to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement as they executed warrants. Local police Chiefs ordered their officers to stand down. The National Guard deployed to assist ICE agents with crowd control.
None of this had anything to do with why the Newsom family was being investigated. To say it was is just another red herring, a distraction from the truth.
