SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's reelection campaign spent nearly half a million dollars on legal fees and services this year to a private law firm amid a federal bribery investigation.

Two days before he announced he would not run for governor and seek reelection as attorney general in February, Bonta made four separate payments to the law firm Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati totaling $468,228. Campaign finance records show the payments were for "professional services (legal, accounting)." The money specifically came from his 2026 reelection campaign account, which had about $6.2 million in it as of October.

Dan Newman, Bonta's senior adviser, confirmed to KCRA 3 the payments are for legal help in the East Bay bribery investigation that involves Oakland'

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