California Governor Gavin Newsom’s wife, his chief of staff, and other staff members are under investigation. It’s not just about Mrs. Newsom’s taxes. Gavin Newsom is reportedly accused of selling influence through his wife’s nonprofit.
Mary Margaret Olohan at Daily Wire has “learned that there are multiple DOJ investigations going on related to Gavin Newsom, though none of them are directly into Newsom himself. One investigation, which began in 2025, is related to his wife and her taxes, a source familiar shared. A separate DOJ investigation, which began under the Biden DOJ, involved Newsom’s chief of staff. That investigation, which is still open and evolving, involves multiple Newsom staff, I’m told.”
There is no evidence that President Trump asked the DoJ to investigate Newsom and his wife.
In a nearly five-minute video statement, Newsom said federal agents have knocked on the doors of his family, friends, and former employees.
“Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime – they are simply trying to find one,” Newsom wrote on X.
“They’re demanding records, they’re abusing the grand jury process, digging through years and years of random documents. 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,” the California governor said.
The Accusations
Accusations of incredible corruption surround Gavin Newsom over paying $20 million in taxpayer funds to a nonprofit led by an executive who also serves on the board of his wife’s organization, which promotes gender equity.
In May, Newsom announced plans to make California the first state to provide “free diapers” to newborns leaving the hospital — funneling the money for the program through a nonprofit headed by a friend of California’s self-described “First Partner,” The Daily Wire previously reported.
Baby2Baby co-CEO Norah Weinstein sits on the board of Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s group “California Partners Project” — and it’s Baby2Baby that will take point on the $20 million diaper project, which is supposed to provide every family leaving the hospital with a newborn with 400 diapers.
Mrs. Newsom wrote herself a $1.8 million salary, and then funneled another $2.1 million straight to her own production company, Girls Club Entertainment.
Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime – they are simply trying to find one.
He isn’t coming after me because of mean tweets, but because I am considering running for President.… pic.twitter.com/tVYk3WUvO8
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 15, 2026
Lots of Smoke Around the Newsoms
MattWhitlock on the DOJ investigation into Gavin Newsom and the “shocking” corruption surrounding him: “I think he is nervous because, when you peel back the layers around Gavin Newsom, the corruption is shocking. It’s his wife’s nonprofit, and the fact that she’s making hundreds of thousands of dollars off California taxpayers because her husband, Gavin Newsom, is using his Department of Education to promote her creepy political documentaries.
And Gavin, to talk about his own personal political piggy bank, Gavin wants to spend a quarter-trillion dollars on a high-speed rail to nowhere project, exclusively because it gives union votes to reliable Democrats, and that’s just the beginning of it. The corruption is rampant. The more and more people learn about it, the less they like Gavin Newsom. So, of course, he’s nervous.”
.@MattWhitlock on the DOJ investigation into Gavin Newsom and the “shocking” corruption surrounding him:
“I think he is nervous because, when you peel back the layers around Gavin Newsom, the corruption is shocking. It’s his wife’s nonprofit, and the fact that she’s making… pic.twitter.com/ed7Qm16Wfk
— Conservative War Machine (@WarMachineRR) June 15, 2026
