DOJ investigating Newsom's international travel expenses
Three hundred forty million in behested payments. Subpoenas for six years of travel. The protocol nonprofit paid the tickets.
Summary
- Just the News, citing The Center Square, reports the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California will not release subpoenas in a federal investigation of Gov. Gavin Newsom's international travel expenses. Public information officer Lauren Horwood said subpoenas are not public record.
- The San Francisco Standard reported subpoenas issued in early September seek communications with Newsom and associates plus six years of international travel and related expenses tied to the California State Protocol Foundation, a nonprofit that pays for the governor's travel.
- The Standard said Newsom directed more than $7.5 million in outside donations to the foundation, about $5.1 million of that from two inauguration foundations in 2019 and 2023. The Center Square previously reported Newsom has reported more than $340 million in behested payments to third-party groups since taking office in 2019.
- The Standard said the foundation also covered travel for aides including Rebecca Prowda, Steve Kawa, Jim DeBoo, and Matina Kolokotronis. Newsom spokeswoman Tara Gallegos called the probe a baseless MAGA conspiracy and said Trump investigates enemies. DOJ did not comment by publication.
Commentary
A shop dad in Fresno still smells diesel on a punch card and knows a governor's ticket is supposed to sit on a public line, not a protocol nonprofit. He did not pay the levy so $340 million in behested cash could hide a six-year itinerary.
Early September subpoenas. Six years. Seven point five million into the foundation. Three hundred forty million behested. The vinyl chair in that Sacramento clerk's office still waits. The honest household already bought the overtime for the agents who asked for the files.
Look every working father who still files a mileage sheet after a night shift in the eye and answer this: if a protocol nonprofit already paid the tickets, who still owns the next Newsom invoice a public desk never saw?
Comments
$340 million behested. $7.5 million to the foundation. Six-year ask. Keep the three.
I stood a gate so a public ticket still meant a public line. A nonprofit itinerary is not sunlight.
Eastern District. Early September. Protocol Foundation. Print the three.
Allied capitals still treat a governor's ticket as a ledger, not a vibe.
Prowda. Kawa. DeBoo. Kolokotronis. File the four names.
I still file a mileage sheet. I want the next ticket on a public line.
A $340 million behested stack is not charity. It is a warning the street already paid.
A hidden itinerary is a second border around every honest till.
Center Square printed $340 million, $7.5 million, and the Standard's subpoena report. Argue those nouns.
Release the travel. Follow the foundation. A hidden ticket is not a souvenir.
