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California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta is reconsidering a gubernatorial run as Kamala Harris and Alex Padilla are not in the race, saying the contest’s contours have fundamentally changed.

The state’s top law enforcement official faces scrutiny over nearly $500,000 in campaign funds spent on private lawyers.

Bonta says the legal expenses were necessary to cooperate with federal investigators who approached him about potential blackmail or extortion threats.

As California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta ponders a run for governor, he faces scrutiny for his ties to people central to a federal corruption investigation in Oakland and payments to private attorneys.

Bonta has not been accused of impropr

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