DOJ investigating Gavin Newsom and his wife

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There has been a huge issue in CA in regards to "behested payments" which are payments made by a donor to a charitable organization or government agency at the direct request, suggestion, or "behest" of an elected official. While they look like charitable donations, they are distinct because a politician acts as the intermediary to direct where the money goes.

This is largely unique to the CA. In almost all other states and at the federal level, an elected official explicitly asking corporations, special interest groups, or wealthy donors to funnel millions of dollars into specific non-profit entities—especially ones tied to the official's family members—is strictly prohibited, highly restricted, or considered a severe conflict of interest.

Newsome has taken it to a whole other level. Here is how money in behested payments:
Gavin Newsom (2019–Present): ~$300 Million
Jerry Brown (2011–2019): ~$10 Million – $15 Million
Arnold Schwarzenegger (2003–2011): ~$10 Million
Gray Davis (1999–2003): ~$3 Million

This is how it works:
Newsom's wife Jennifer Siebel is co-founder of the California Partners Project, which advocates for “gender equity across the state. "Newsom solicited at least $1.9 million in charitable payments known as ‘behested payments’ in 2024 and 2025 for Siebel Newsom’s California Partners Project, which champions gender equity, including $1 million from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, according to disclosure reports filed with the Fair Political Practices Commission." This is from Cal Matters which is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization that is very reliable. https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/gavin-newsom-trump-investigation/

And why did the Granton Rancheria tribe donate. Well, at the same time a rival Native American tribe was allowed by the Biden administration to open a 1 billion dollar competing casino just 15 miles away from Graton Rancheria's gambling compound. Shortly after the behested payments were secured, Governor Newsom and the State of California stepped in to file a lawsuit against the federal government, attempting to aggressively block and overturn the federal approval of the rival tribe’s casino project.

There is a nonpolitical organization in CA called The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPCC). It was created in 1974 when California voters approved Proposition 9. In the wake of the Watergate scandal, Californians wanted to reign in the potential corruptive influence of special interests by creating an agency to enforce the most rigorous restrictions on fundraising and lobbying in the country.

It is a five-member independent, non-partisan Commission's objectives are to ensure that public officials act in a fair and unbiased manner in the governmental decision-making process, to promote transparency in government, and to foster public trust in the political system.

They are issuing another complaint against Newsom for violating the Political Reform Act (the “Act”)
by failing to timely file certain behested payment reports in both 2024 and 2025.

https://www.fppc.ca.gov/siteassets/documents/enforcement_div/stipulations/2026/june/gavin-newsom-fppc-no.-2025-01196---stipulation.pdf

This report states, "Payments made at the behest of elected officials, including charitable donations, are a means by which donors may seek to gain favor with elected officials. When behested payments are made, the requirements of the Act ensure timely, transparent reporting of such activity, which increases public awareness regarding potential attempts to influence in this manner...Once the $5,000 aggregate threshold from a single source has been reached for a calendar year, all payments for the calendar year made by that source must be disclosed within 30 days after the date the threshold was reached or the payment was made.

Newsom is corrup just like Trump. No surprise to us folks who pay attention.

No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“BREAKING: DOJ opens a criminal investigation into Gavin Newsom. After Comey, Letitia James, Mark Kelly, and others, the pattern is clear: investigate critics, pardon loyalists. That’s not democracy. That’s autocracy.“

@therealjackthompson

This...every American should be disgusted and concerned.

[Anonymous]

Do people really think that pols that spend their entire lives in government and are movers and shakers aren't completely corrupt? Everyone is indictable by design. You cross someone or some line and bingo suddenly things start coming out. Kinda like that other guy from CA that "suddenly" got busted for being incredibly gross when he tried to run for Governor and it wasn't his turn.

One can only imagine what Newsom did to get this attention, was it when he tried to leap-frog Kamala?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

Gavin and Jennifer purchased their primary residence via LLC for security purposes.

Plenty of buyers/sellers use LLCs for privacy.

Newsom’s cousin gifted them the family Fair Oaks home also bought through an LLC for the same reasons above.

What exactly is the shocker? It’s not a secret that the extended Newsom and Getty families are extremely close and very wealthy.

Jennifer’s Salary is $150,000 per year as Chief Creative Officer.
LLC Compensation: $150,000 per year to Girls Club LLC for copyrights, writer/producer/director services, and documentary licensing.

Total Payout: Her total income over the past decade includes her salary + her company =3.7 million

3.7 million over a decade is peanuts!

But sure, investigate … Trump and ilk are scrambling to find anything. The investigation loop of his enemies has failed!

President Pardon has blatantly hired insurrectionists, DV, rapists, pdfiles, murderers. Repeat offenders are roaming free on the streets and in the White House.

Gavin Newsom’s wrath is gonna be epic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

Yep. Gavin is grifting again - looking for money.
The investigation began under Biden. Of course he will not admit this.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

Gavin and Jennifer purchased their primary residence via LLC for security purposes.

Plenty of buyers/sellers use LLCs for privacy.

Newsom’s cousin gifted them the family Fair Oaks home also bought through an LLC for the same reasons above.

What exactly is the shocker? It’s not a secret that the extended Newsom and Getty families are extremely close and very wealthy.

Jennifer’s Salary is $150,000 per year as Chief Creative Officer.
LLC Compensation: $150,000 per year to Girls Club LLC for copyrights, writer/producer/director services, and documentary licensing.

Total Payout: Her total income over the past decade includes her salary + her company =3.7 million

3.7 million over a decade is peanuts!

But sure, investigate … Trump and ilk are scrambling to find anything. The investigation loop of his enemies has failed!

President Pardon has blatantly hired insurrectionists, DV, rapists, pdfiles, murderers. Repeat offenders are roaming free on the streets and in the White House.

Gavin Newsom’s wrath is gonna be epic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

Gavin and Jennifer purchased their primary residence via LLC for security purposes.

Plenty of buyers/sellers use LLCs for privacy.

Newsom’s cousin gifted them the family Fair Oaks home also bought through an LLC for the same reasons above.

What exactly is the shocker? It’s not a secret that the extended Newsom and Getty families are extremely close and very wealthy.

Jennifer’s Salary is $150,000 per year as Chief Creative Officer.
LLC Compensation: $150,000 per year to Girls Club LLC for copyrights, writer/producer/director services, and documentary licensing.

Total Payout: Her total income over the past decade includes her salary + her company =3.7 million

3.7 million over a decade is peanuts!

But sure, investigate … Trump and ilk are scrambling to find anything. The investigation loop of his enemies has failed!

President Pardon has blatantly hired insurrectionists, DV, rapists, pdfiles, murderers. Repeat offenders are roaming free on the streets and in the White House.

Gavin Newsom’s wrath is gonna be epic.

His wife's parents are crazy rich. If paying for adult kids homes, weddings, private school tuition, etc is illegal, then half of Bethesda, Georgetown, and Spring Valley is going to prison. And pretty much every Southern wealthy family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

Yep. Gavin is grifting again - looking for money.
The investigation began under Biden. Of course he will not admit this.....

Links? Evidence?

Regardless of what Newsom and his wife may or may not have done, the bottom line is that Trump and his OPEN, EPIC-SCALE CORRUPTION and that of his children, wife, and associates have changed the rules around acceptable ethical behavior while in office. And they're just getting started. Nothing any other politician has done will come even close. And if the FBI finds something on Newsom or his wife, he can always claim "political weaponization" like Trump did and raise money off it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

Gavin and Jennifer purchased their primary residence via LLC for security purposes.

Plenty of buyers/sellers use LLCs for privacy.

Newsom’s cousin gifted them the family Fair Oaks home also bought through an LLC for the same reasons above.

What exactly is the shocker? It’s not a secret that the extended Newsom and Getty families are extremely close and very wealthy.

Jennifer’s Salary is $150,000 per year as Chief Creative Officer.
LLC Compensation: $150,000 per year to Girls Club LLC for copyrights, writer/producer/director services, and documentary licensing.

Total Payout: Her total income over the past decade includes her salary + her company =3.7 million

3.7 million over a decade is peanuts!

But sure, investigate … Trump and ilk are scrambling to find anything. The investigation loop of his enemies has failed!

President Pardon has blatantly hired insurrectionists, DV, rapists, pdfiles, murderers. Repeat offenders are roaming free on the streets and in the White House.

Gavin Newsom’s wrath is gonna be epic.

His wife's parents are crazy rich. If paying for adult kids homes, weddings, private school tuition, etc is illegal, then half of Bethesda, Georgetown, and Spring Valley is going to prison. And pretty much every Southern wealthy family.

And that would solve the housing crisis while spreading the equity that everyone seems to want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

Gavin and Jennifer purchased their primary residence via LLC for security purposes.

Plenty of buyers/sellers use LLCs for privacy.

Newsom’s cousin gifted them the family Fair Oaks home also bought through an LLC for the same reasons above.

What exactly is the shocker? It’s not a secret that the extended Newsom and Getty families are extremely close and very wealthy.

Jennifer’s Salary is $150,000 per year as Chief Creative Officer.
LLC Compensation: $150,000 per year to Girls Club LLC for copyrights, writer/producer/director services, and documentary licensing.

Total Payout: Her total income over the past decade includes her salary + her company =3.7 million

3.7 million over a decade is peanuts!

But sure, investigate … Trump and ilk are scrambling to find anything. The investigation loop of his enemies has failed!

President Pardon has blatantly hired insurrectionists, DV, rapists, pdfiles, murderers. Repeat offenders are roaming free on the streets and in the White House.

Gavin Newsom’s wrath is gonna be epic.

The pre-creation deed shows the LLC was registered just a few days before the transaction closed. “If a deed is executed slightly before the formal filing paperwork clears the California Secretary of State, it is often treated by real estate attorneys as a technical timing error corrected by a confirmatory deed."

The FPPC cleared Newsom of state-level disclosure violations on their Fair Oaks Home in 2021.

Wag the dog administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no depth to trump and Blanche corruption and weaponizsation of DOJ


https://l.smartnews.com/p-7VlOcp2g/gBDVoN

Started before trump

His wife was paid over a million dollars working for an NGO solely funded by PG&E during which time I don’t believe she produced anything. They also were “gifted” a multi-million dollars house.

Even the Biden admin couldn’t ignore those facts.

Gavin and Jennifer purchased their primary residence via LLC for security purposes.

Plenty of buyers/sellers use LLCs for privacy.

Newsom’s cousin gifted them the family Fair Oaks home also bought through an LLC for the same reasons above.

What exactly is the shocker? It’s not a secret that the extended Newsom and Getty families are extremely close and very wealthy.

Jennifer’s Salary is $150,000 per year as Chief Creative Officer.
LLC Compensation: $150,000 per year to Girls Club LLC for copyrights, writer/producer/director services, and documentary licensing.

Total Payout: Her total income over the past decade includes her salary + her company =3.7 million

3.7 million over a decade is peanuts!

But sure, investigate … Trump and ilk are scrambling to find anything. The investigation loop of his enemies has failed!

President Pardon has blatantly hired insurrectionists, DV, rapists, pdfiles, murderers. Repeat offenders are roaming free on the streets and in the White House.

Gavin Newsom’s wrath is gonna be epic.

$3.7 over a decade whereas Melania was paid $40 million for her stultifyingly life story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It does boggle my mind though that millions donated to the LA fire victims got siphoned off by un-related charities, including those associated with Newsom’s wife. None of it went to the actual victims. This is par for the course in California politics.

The great diaper initiative Newsom announced means the government will spend 5x the average price per diaper to give to families, using government money, paid to friends of his wife. It’s a kickback scheme, literally out in the open.

If these are the things he’s willing to do in public, imagine what’s happening in private.

Don't ask questions. He's a Democrat, which means he's above suspicion.

vs a Republican where you don't care and shrug and lick their boots?

NP. You are an idiot. This response is why we’ve had a hard time with people trusting the Democratic Party in the age of Trump. Two things can be true at once. Saying something critical about a Democrat does not mean MAGA gets away with something. Keep this up and we will lose again in what shluld be a slam dunk in 2028. YOU, PP, are the kind of person that helped MAGA win … twice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This investigation should help Newsom if/when he runs for president.

Nah. He is pretty sketchy. Most Democrats in CA don't like him and hope he doesn't run for President because he will get crushed. We want a Democrat who will be successful. He is not the right choice.

He has never in his life really worked a real salaried job. Everything he has is from connections. He put down between $5,000-$10,000 to invest in creating Plump Jack Winery that the Getty's poured money into and it is now worth $400 million dollars. Hmm.

There has been an intermingling of political elites in CA for generations of Pelosi, Newsome, Brown, Getty.

This independent and nonpartisan news organization Cal Matters has multiple article mapping it all out. Including: https://calmatters.org/commentary/2019/01/gavin-newsoms-keeping-it-all-in-the-family/

Some of the article explains:
Newsom is succeeding someone who could be considered his quasi-uncle, since his inauguration continues the decades-long saga of four San Francisco families intertwined by blood, by marriage, by money, by culture and, of course, by politics – the Browns, the Newsoms, the Pelosis and the Gettys.

The connections date back at least 80 years, to when Jerry Brown’s father, Pat Brown, ran for San Francisco district attorney, losing in 1939 but winning in 1943, with the help of his close friend and Gavin Newsom’s grandfather, businessman William Newsom...

Brown-Newsom connection continued as Brown’s son, Jerry, reclaimed the governorship in 1974. He appointed the younger William Newsom, a personal friend and Gavin’s father, to a Placer County judgeship in 1975 and three years later to the state Court of Appeal...

Justice Newsom had been an attorney for oil magnate J. Paul Getty, most famously delivering $3 million to Italian kidnappers of Getty’s grandson in 1973. While serving on the appellate bench in the 1980s, he helped Getty’s son, Gordon, secure a change in state trust law that allowed him to claim his share of a multi-heir trust.

After Newsom retired from the bench in 1995, he became administrator of Gordon Getty’s own trust, telling one interviewer, “I make my living working for Gordon Getty.” The trust provided seed money for the PlumpJack chain of restaurants and wine shops that Newson’s son, Gavin, and Gordon Getty’s son, Billy, developed, the first being in a Squaw Valley hotel.

Gavin Newsom had been informally adopted by the Gettys after his parents divorced, returning a similar favor that the Newsom family had done for a young Gordon Getty many years earlier. Newsom’s PlumpJack business (named for an opera that Gordon Getty wrote) led to a career in San Francisco politics, a stint as mayor, the lieutenant governorship and now to the governorship, succeeding his father’s old friend.

So? Now do Trump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This investigation should help Newsom if/when he runs for president.

Nah. He is pretty sketchy. Most Democrats in CA don't like him and hope he doesn't run for President because he will get crushed. We want a Democrat who will be successful. He is not the right choice.

He has never in his life really worked a real salaried job. Everything he has is from connections. He put down between $5,000-$10,000 to invest in creating Plump Jack Winery that the Getty's poured money into and it is now worth $400 million dollars. Hmm.

There has been an intermingling of political elites in CA for generations of Pelosi, Newsome, Brown, Getty.

This independent and nonpartisan news organization Cal Matters has multiple article mapping it all out. Including: https://calmatters.org/commentary/2019/01/gavin-newsoms-keeping-it-all-in-the-family/

Some of the article explains:
Newsom is succeeding someone who could be considered his quasi-uncle, since his inauguration continues the decades-long saga of four San Francisco families intertwined by blood, by marriage, by money, by culture and, of course, by politics – the Browns, the Newsoms, the Pelosis and the Gettys.

The connections date back at least 80 years, to when Jerry Brown’s father, Pat Brown, ran for San Francisco district attorney, losing in 1939 but winning in 1943, with the help of his close friend and Gavin Newsom’s grandfather, businessman William Newsom...

Brown-Newsom connection continued as Brown’s son, Jerry, reclaimed the governorship in 1974. He appointed the younger William Newsom, a personal friend and Gavin’s father, to a Placer County judgeship in 1975 and three years later to the state Court of Appeal...

Justice Newsom had been an attorney for oil magnate J. Paul Getty, most famously delivering $3 million to Italian kidnappers of Getty’s grandson in 1973. While serving on the appellate bench in the 1980s, he helped Getty’s son, Gordon, secure a change in state trust law that allowed him to claim his share of a multi-heir trust.

After Newsom retired from the bench in 1995, he became administrator of Gordon Getty’s own trust, telling one interviewer, “I make my living working for Gordon Getty.” The trust provided seed money for the PlumpJack chain of restaurants and wine shops that Newson’s son, Gavin, and Gordon Getty’s son, Billy, developed, the first being in a Squaw Valley hotel.

Gavin Newsom had been informally adopted by the Gettys after his parents divorced, returning a similar favor that the Newsom family had done for a young Gordon Getty many years earlier. Newsom’s PlumpJack business (named for an opera that Gordon Getty wrote) led to a career in San Francisco politics, a stint as mayor, the lieutenant governorship and now to the governorship, succeeding his father’s old friend.

So what’s your point?
Omg a winery, I’m aghast!
Omg friends like family!
Omg Grandpa Paul Getty trusted Grandpa William Newsom to rescue his kidnapped grandson!
Omg Gavin’s father (also William) supported Getty’s son when they divorced!
Omg the Newsoms divorced and the Getty family in turn supported Gavin!
Omg Gordon Getty entrusted William Newsom II to manage his trust!

Did any of them fantasize about having sex with their daughters?

+1

Newsom is less slimy and less corrupt than Trump. He is a slimy jerk but not in Trump's ballpark because Trump shares his special scum space with no one.

+1 I lived in CA for 40 years, was a R, but Newsom is child's play in terms of self dealing and corruption compared to Trump.

As an aside, I have enjoyed Newsom trolling Trump. These are the only two positive things I have to say about Newsom.