California Governor Gavin Newsom went public on Monday with a direct challenge to President Donald Trump, declaring that he and his wife had been placed on what he described as the president's 'hit list' after the Department of Justice launched a probe targeting the pair. In a video posted to X, Newsom closed his remarks with a defiant message aimed squarely at the White House: 'Mr President, come after me. I am not going anywhere.'
The governor, who has been openly weighing a 2028 presidential bid, did not mince words. He accused Trump of ordering the investigation not because of any wrongdoing, but as an act of political intimidation. 'They have not found a crime,' Newsom wrote in his post. 'They are simply trying to find one.'
