Newsom launches Hail Mary bid to crush bombshell DOJ probe into him and his wife

California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to the Department of Justice seeking any and all communications between top officials that use the terms “Gavin Newsom,” “Jennifer Siebel Newsom,” or “Newsom.”

“My office is demanding the Trump Administration release any and all records on the Trump DOJ’s politically motivated, baseless fishing expedition.

“The American people deserve to know who ordered this abuse of power and how far it goes,” Newsom wrote on X Monday, sharing the letter he sent to the Trump administration making a Freedom of Information Act request.

A FOIA request is a written demand made under the Freedom of Information Act, a federal law that gives any person the right to access records from executive branch agencies of the U.S. government.

The letter was sent from Newsom’s gubernatorial office and demanded all communications mentioning him or his wife between January 2025 and the present.

“I request all documents and records including but not limited to memoranda, emails, text messages, and Signal messages, from, to, or copying (“cc’ing”) any member of the executive leadership of the U.S. Department of Justice,” the letter reads.

Newsom’s team has given the DOJ a deadline of 20 days to provide all requested documents by July 6, 2026, as required by federal law.

“If this request is denied in whole or part, please justify all such denials by reference to specific exemptions, and provide an explanation of why the Department ‘reasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interest’ protected by that exemption or why ‘disclosure is prohibited by law,’” the letter said.

The request seeks records involving top department officials, including, but not limited to, former Attorney General Pam Bondi, former Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and former Deputy Attorney General and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Trump fired Bondi as attorney general in April 2026 and subsequently nominated his former personal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, to permanently fill the role.

Bondi’s dismissal followed frustrations over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and a perceived failure to prosecute political adversaries.

The governor made public Monday that he and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, are the subjects of an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation.

The inquiry reportedly involves whistleblower allegations related to Siebel Newsom’s taxes, as well as a separate corruption probe connected to Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson.

The letter comes just hours after Newsom released a scathing video revealing the alleged investigation. The DOJ has not publicly commented on or confirmed the probe, and President Trump has not addressed Newsom’s accusations.

“In recent days, federal agents have knocked on the doors of family, friends, and former employees, not because they found a crime, because they’re simply trying to find one,” Newsom said in a video posted to X.

“Donald Trump isn’t just coming after me because of my mean tweets, 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,” he added.

Siebel Newsom’s nonprofit work appears to be a key part of the reported probe.

The Post previously revealed that the governor directed more than $4.4 million from special interests and wealthy individuals to the California Partners Project, one of Siebel Newsom’s signature initiatives.

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