Gavin Newsom says Trump DOJ investigation won’t deter 2028 run: ‘Quite the contrary’

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NASHUA, New Hampshire — Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said the Justice Department’s investigation into his wife won’t make him any less likely to run for president in 2028, and suggested it might even harden his resolve.

“Quite the contrary, it makes me more resilient, what he’s doing, because I now have a deeper understanding, intimate understanding of the weaponization of what’s going on in this country, what’s going on at the DOJ, what’s going on at the FBI, what’s going on in the IRS,” Newsom said at a campaign event in Nashua, New Hampshire.

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