Democrat California Attorney General Rob Bonta confirmed he spent nearly $500,000 in campaign funds on legal services after authorities questioned him during a federal bribery investigation, with questions lingering about the move’s legality.
Local outlet KCRA3 reported Monday that Bonta’s team spent $468,000 from his 2026 reelection campaign on services provided by the law firm Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati. Bonta campaign adviser Dan Newman told the outlet Tuesday the money covered legal assistance when the attorney general was questioned by federal investigators.
In January, Oakland businessmen David Trung Duong and Andy Hung Duong were indicted by federal officials on bribery charges and making false statements to government agents, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California. Funding records show the two donated $24,300 to Bonta’s reelection campaign. The Duong family writ large gave a total of $155,000.
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