LOS ANGELES, June 15 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday ‌accused President Donald Trump of directing the ‌Justice Department to investigate him and his ​wife.

"Donald Trump isn’t just coming after me because of my mean Tweets," Newsom said in a video statement posted ‌to X. "He’s coming ⁠after me because I am considering running for President."

The Justice ⁠Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Newsom said federal ​agents had ​in recent ​days been knocking ‌on the door of members of his family, friends and former employees demanding documents and records.

"Not because they found a crime. Because they are simply ‌trying to find one," ​he said.

Newsom and Trump ​have long ​been critical of each ‌other, clashing on major issues ​including ​climate change, pipelines and the Republican president's deployment of National Guard troops ​to the ‌state last summer.

(Reporting by Costas ​Pitas and Ryan Patrick Jones; editing ​by Michelle Nichols)