Harris Says Trump Targeting Political Enemies, 'not Surprised' Doj Investigating Newsom

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said the Trump administration's investigation of Gavin Newsom fit a pattern of the president pursuing his political rivals, reinforcing the California governor's argument that he's the target of a vendetta.

"He told us most of what we would knew would happen, including that he would go after his political enemies using the Department of Justice," Harris, a fellow Californian and potential 2028 presidential contender, said during a summit in Austria. "I am not surprised that he may be using the Department of Justice to go after a political enemy in the current governor of California."

Democrats have rallied behind Newsom since he revealed on Monday that federal investigators were scrutinizing him and his wife, interviewing more than a dozen people and issuing a flurry of subpoenas. A person with knowledge of the investigation said inquiries were focusing on Newsom's spouse's tax history and on his former chief of staff, who pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges this year in a case that has not implicated Newsom.

Newsom said Trump is focusing on him because he is a likely 2028 presidential candidate and warned the probe extends Trump's record of wielding the Department of Justice against political opponents like Sen. Adam Schiff, former FBI director James Comey, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

"One by one, anyone who has challenged Donald Trump has ended up on his hit list," Newsom said in a speech posted online. "And today, I proudly join that list."