Oooh, that Evil Trump: he was using his FBI to spy on Newsom in 2024, before he’d even won the election, let alone taken office

“We were only pretending to hate Trump — the Mar-a-Lago raid was just a smokescreen”

Catharine Salgado, PJMedia:

FBI Had a Mole in Newsom’s Inner Circle

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California had a top affiliate who was recording evidence related to the Democrat governor’s corrupt chief-of-staff, Dana Williamson. And since this began under the Biden administration, it could be old Joe or maybe Kamala Harris who was keeping tabs on a future presidential rival.

Newsom recently ignited a firestorm of controversy by asserting that President Donald Trump was conducting a personal and totally unjustified campaign of persecution against him and his wife, Jennifer, through the Department of Justice. But in fact, the FBI has been investigating members of the Democrat presidential hopeful’s inner circle, including his wife, since before Trump even took office, back when Joe Biden was president (sort of). Indeed, it now seems that the FBI had a plant wearing a wire around Newsom since mid-2024.

Democrat insider Alexis Podesta was secretly recording conversations during the investigation into Williamson, according to information that the California Post obtained. Newsom’s disgraced chief of staff pleaded guilty to federal fraud and tax charges in May of this year.

From the Post:

The revelation she was wearing a wire as far back as June 2024 explains why a swath of Sacramento political insiders and lobbyists were stunned to receive FBI letters last fall informing them that their phone calls had been intercepted during the investigation — despite many having little or no connection to Williamson.

“Alexis wore a wire, and Dana did not,” said McGregor Scott, Williamson’s lawyer and a former US attorney for the Eastern District of California, which is now investigating the Newsoms.

Salgado:

Newsom has been using the federal investigation into his family and affiliates as a fundraising tool for a political action committee. In other words, he is not only shameless about corruption close to him, but he is also quite literally using his possible criminality as a selling point to donors.

And because I’m lazy, here’s Google:

AI Overview

California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly accused President Donald Trump of directing the FBI and IRS to conduct a politically motivated investigation into him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom. He stated in a June 15, 2026 video statement that federal agents were aggressively questioning their family, friends, and former employees in an attempt to find a crime.

Newsom tied the federal probe to his potential 2028 presidential bid, alleging that Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice against his political adversaries. While the specific focus of the investigation remains undisclosed by federal authorities, sources have indicated that parts of the inquiry involve Siebel Newsom's taxes and the activities of her nonprofit.