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Schiff silent on Biden-era Newsom probe report as California AG claims DOJ ‘weaponization’

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta doubled down on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claims that the Trump administration is weaponizing the Justice Department after being pressed on reports that the federal probe involving Newsom and his wife originated in California and was not opened by the Trump Administration in Washington, D.C.
«I know what I’ve concluded is that this is highly dubious — there’s no trust in it,» Bonta said. «This is someone who’s weaponized the U.S. DOJ time and time again. I think he’s doing it now.»
Newsom took to X on Monday to publicly announce his uncovering that he and his wife, Jen Siebel Newsom are being investigated by the DOJ, claiming President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to investigate them and that they’ve joined «Donald Trump’s hit list.»
GAVIN NEWSOM CLAIMS TRUMP ORDERED DOJ PROBE TARGETING HIM AND HIS WIFE
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks next to his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom at the California Democratic Party Headquarters in Sacramento after the state’s special election on Proposition 50 on Nov. 4, 2025. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)
He is also widely claiming that Trump is targeting him because of recent speculation of Newsom as a promising 2028 presidential bid.
«Newsom is the governor for the biggest state, the bluest state in the nation, the fourth largest economy in the world,» Bonta said «Everyone knows that he could be president of the United States. So you put that situational awareness and context into this, and what do you conclude?«
Bonta told Fox News Digital that Trump has «weaponized» the Justice Department, saying it has shifted from pursuing criminal prosecutions to conducting «political persecutions against political enemies.»
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday announced charges against 21 people suspected of participating in a massive hospice fraud ring. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
He also claimed that Trump ordered former Attorney General Pam Bondi «to go after his political enemies.»
«If that doesn’t destroy trust and make you doubt the intent behind this probe, I don’t know what else I can tell you,» Bonta said.
Bonta claimed Trump has used the DOJ to commit «political persecution» of his enemies, including a specific reference to «shifty Schiff.»
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., declined to answer questions from Fox News Digital about reports that the probe was opened by federal prosecutors in California rather than the administration in Washington.
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Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., appears on «Meet the Press» in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5, 2025. (Shannon Finney/NBC) via Getty Images)
Sources familiar told Fox News that the investigation has been ongoing since 2025 and that the probe is based on whistleblower complaints related to Newsom and his wife’s personal finances. The case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento.
A source also said that Washington was not involved in the decision to open the probe, according to the Associated Press.
An investigation launched last year under then-President Joe Biden resulted in corruption charges against Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson. She pleaded guilty to lying about sharing internal information with a former associate. Newsom was not involved in the probe personally. It is reported that Newsom’s office believes the Trump administration’s federal investigators widened the efforts of the probe to also look into Newsom.
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The Governor’s office announced on Monday that it filed a public records request to the DOJ seeking documents that mention Newsom or his wife during Trump’s second term, including messages to and from Justice Department leaders.
Fox News’ David Spunt, Jake Gibson and Olivia Palombo contributed to this story.
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Investigators believe Iranian hackers are likely behind cyberattack on Minnesota water systems: report

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U.S. investigators believe a cyberattack that targeted dozens of water systems in Minnesota this week likely was orchestrated by Iranian hackers, a report said.
Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) said the «coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water systems» on Sunday and Monday, but the Minnesota Department of Health is «not aware of any active requests from Minnesota cities to have their residents modify their drinking water usage.»
U.S. and state officials and others familiar with the incident told The New York Times that Iranian hackers were likely behind the cyberattack.
The newspaper reported that three state officials briefed on an investigation into the cyberattack said the tradecraft used and the absence of a ransom demand led analysts to initially determine Iran was involved. Officials also cautioned that the assessment could change as more data is collected by investigators, according to the newspaper.
«The FBI is aware of recent public reporting around Water and Wastewater sectors. The FBI and our interagency partners are fully engaged to protect critical infrastructure and we remain well-equipped to protect against cyber threats of all varieties,» the FBI said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Friday.
IRAN-LINKED HACKERS TARGET US MEDICAL TECH COMPANY
A water tower is seen Thursday, July 30, 2026, in Plymouth, Minn. A cyberattack targeted operating technology at more than 30 water systems in Minnesota, including Plymouth’s, earlier this week, state officials said. (Ellen Schmidt/AP)
The newspaper reported that the hackers targeted infrastructure used to manage and monitor water towers operated by municipal governments.
The mayor of the city of Braham, Nate George, said on Monday, a «plant operator found that the water tower was calling for water, but the well was not operating.»
«After learning that similar problems were occurring in at least four other Minnesota communities, Braham staff determined that the plant’s computerized control system had been compromised,» he continued.
«Public works isolated the affected system, restored a backup, and restarted the plant within approximately 90 minutes. While the plant was offline, residents continued receiving water from the city’s water tower. City administration temporarily requested that residents conserve water to prevent the tower’s limited supply from being exhausted,» George added.
In a statement shared with Fox News Digital, MNIT noted that «the investigation remains active, and Minnesota has not attributed the activity to a specific actor.»
MNIT said it «continues to collaborate with federal, state, local, Tribal, and private-sector partners to investigate the attack, support affected communities, and strengthen the security of Minnesota’s critical infrastructure.»
«Cyberattacks against critical infrastructure require a coordinated, whole-of-government response,» John Israel, MNIT Assistant Commissioner and Minnesota Chief Information Security Officer, said in a statement. «MNIT is working side by side with our partners to share intelligence, support affected communities, and help utilities restore operations safely while strengthening defenses against future attacks.»
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A woman is seen holding an Iranian flag during a religious ceremony during Eid al-Adha on May 26, 2026, in Qom, Iran. Iran is believed to be behind recent cyberattacks in Minnesota, a report said. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Israel told the Times that the breach was first detected Sunday and that hackers targeted 36 municipal water systems.
«Minnesota was one of the early detectors of this, but we’re seeing that this same threat activity has likely been occurring in other states throughout the nation,» he was quoted as saying.
Nick Andersen, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) acting director, told the newspaper that the agency was aware of «multiple potential incidents affecting local water utilities.»
In the days leading up to the incident, CISA issued an advisory warning U.S. organizations of «ongoing Iranian-affiliated cyber activity targeting internet-connected operational technology (OT) devices.»
«Iranian cyber actors continue to target U.S. critical infrastructure, and the FBI is committed to identifying, disrupting, and imposing costs on those responsible,» Assistant Director Brett Leatherman of the FBI’s Cyber Division said in the advisory.

A water tower in Plymouth, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/AP)
It stated that a «group of Iranian-affiliated actors» has «targeted devices spanning multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors, including Water and Wastewater Systems, Energy and Government Services and Facilities, to include local municipalities.»
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Lídia Jorge: “Cuanto más sofisticadas son nuestras sociedades, más fácilmente aceptan ser conducidas como rebaños”

La escritora portuguesa Lídia Jorge, galardonada con el Premio Camões 2026 —el máximo reconocimiento de las letras en lengua portuguesa— y el Premio Estatal Austriaco de Literatura Europea, afirmó que “la literatura no anuncia la destrucción del mundo, intenta impedirla”. La autora de Misericordia y La costa de los murmullos hizo estas declaraciones en una entrevista concedida al diario El Mundo durante el Festival literario BABELL, celebrado en Oporto.
El Premio Camões, instituido en 1988 por los gobiernos de Portugal y Brasil con una dotación de 100 mil euros, le fue otorgado por unanimidad del jurado, que destacó “el diversificado conjunto de su obra y la gran contribución para el enriquecimiento del patrimonio literario y cívico-cultural de la lengua portuguesa”. El Premio Estatal Austriaco, entregado el lunes 28 de julio en el marco del Festival de Salzburgo, se suma a una trayectoria que incluye el Premio Médicis al mejor libro extranjero publicado en Francia en 2023, el Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Románicas de Guadalajara en 2020 y el Premio Pessoa en 2025.
A sus 80 años, la escritora portuguesa se mantiene ajena a la solemnidad que suelen imponer los premios. “Los premios no se conceden a mi esencia. Se conceden a mi sombra”, afirmó. Y añadió: “Ningún premio puede alterar la humildad con la que uno se enfrenta al lenguaje”. Nacida en Boliqueime, en el Algarve, en 1946, Lídia Jorge debutó en la ficción con El día de los prodigios en 1980, obra que marcó un punto de ruptura con el realismo documental dominante en la literatura portuguesa de la época.
En la entrevista publicada por El Mundo, Jorge reflexionó sobre la paradoja que define a las sociedades contemporáneas: el avance material convive con un retroceso moral. “He visto dos movimientos simultáneos: una mejora extraordinaria de las condiciones materiales de la existencia —la medicina, la comunicación, la ciencia, la exploración espacial— y, al mismo tiempo, un proceso inquietante por el que volvemos a comportarnos como una manada”, señaló. “Cuanto más sofisticadas son nuestras sociedades, más fácilmente aceptan ser conducidas como rebaños”.
Esa tensión ha ocupado buena parte de su obra. Desde La costa de los murmullos —novela que reconstruye la guerra colonial en Mozambique desde la perspectiva de una mujer— hasta Los memorables, sobre los protagonistas de la “Revolución de los Claveles” de 1974, Lídia Jorge ha construido una cartografía de las grandes fracturas de Portugal y de Europa. “Me siento testigo de una época y prefiero pensar que mis libros son testimoniales antes que históricos”, declaró.

La autora también abordó el estado de las democracias occidentales con una mirada que rechaza tanto el catastrofismo como la complacencia. “Lo que me preocupa es que algunos hayan llegado a la conclusión de que hay que abolir la democracia cuando lo que necesitamos es lo contrario: reforzarla, devolverle credibilidad”, dijo. Para ella, el problema no radica en el sistema democrático en sí, sino en su relación con un modelo económico que “ha dejado de servir a una distribución justa de la riqueza y que cada crisis fortalece a quienes ya concentran el poder”.
Europa, tema recurrente en sus ensayos y artículos, aparece en su pensamiento no como una institución política sino como una conciencia moral compartida. Citó a Ortega y Gasset, que retomaba a San Agustín cuando le preguntaban qué era Europa. “No necesitamos definir Europa, la sentimos”, sostuvo. “Sabemos por qué no queremos volver a la guerra, por qué desconfiamos de ciertos modelos de poder como el ruso o el estadounidense y por qué seguimos buscando una forma de convivencia que vaya más allá del nacionalismo”.
Entre 2021 y 2026, Jorge formó parte del Consejo de Estado portugués, donde sucedió al filósofo Eduardo Lourenço. Fue, según explicó, un servicio que aceptó “con gusto porque exigía pensar constantemente en el presente del país y en los grandes asuntos internacionales”. El Consejo reúne en Portugal no solo a políticos, sino también a científicos, músicos, juristas y escritores, una práctica que la autora consideró natural para cualquier ciudadano.
Su última novela, Misericordia (2022), supuso para ella una aproximación inédita a la materia autobiográfica. En la entrevista con El Mundo, Jorge la describió como “un intervalo, no un final”, y la conectó con una idea del crítico literario Frank Kermode: “Las narraciones sobre el apocalipsis no hablan del deseo del fin del mundo, sino del intento de impedirlo”. La protagonista del libro llega a preguntarse si la pandemia será el fin de todo y descubre, precisamente entonces, un deseo intenso de seguir viviendo.
Esa voluntad de seguir escribiendo, de seguir buscando, es quizás la constante más firme en su trayectoria. “Yo escribo porque no entiendo las cosas”, confesó. “Multiplico los personajes porque, hablando entre ellos, saben más que yo sola. Y, aun así, nunca alcanzo del todo aquello que busco”. A los 80 años, con el Premio Camões recién recibido, la escritora mantiene intacta esa insatisfacción productiva: “Sigo creyendo que el próximo libro estará más cerca de ese libro que llevo toda la vida intentando escribir”.
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