Attorney General Rob Bonta waved away recent speculation that he is reconsidering a run for governor, saying he was “focused on my role as attorney general at the moment.”

“I will say that the two people that I supported for governor never decided to run for governor,” Bonta told reporters Tuesday, referring to former Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Alex Padilla. Both declined to run to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is termed out of office in January 2027 and cannot run again.

“I will say I’m grateful for all the encouragement, and I’ve received a ton of it from across the state, people and organizations that I know care deeply about the future of California, but I am focused on my role as attorney general at the moment,” Bonta said.

Bonta previously said he would wait to make a decision whether to run after the 2024 election. In February, he told supporters that he would not run, calling his current role as California’s top attorney “one of the most impactful jobs in the country right now.”

His political adviser Dan Newman said he had nothing new to report as of Monday.

Since President Donald Trump retook office in January, Bonta has sued the administration 48 times, an average of more than one lawsuit a week. Most recently, his office joined a multistate coalition last week that sued the White House for cutting off immigrants from housing benefits.

KCRA reported last month that Bonta had spent $468,000 in campaign funds on lawyers to represent him in an FBI corruption investigation that ensnared former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her romantic partner Andre Jones and the Duong family, owners of Cal Waste Solutions.

Bonta has not been accused of wrongdoing since the U.S. Attorney made the investigation public in January. He and his wife, Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, returned donations from the Duong family and distanced themselves after photos of the Bontas and Duongs socializing together surfaced on social media.

Last month, an East Bay political blog published a letter from Mario Juarez, the Duongs’ former business partner and a witness in the investigation, to Bonta that claimed the Duongs recorded a “compromising” video of Bonta that they could use to blackmail him.

Bonta initially said the $468,000 was for assisting outside attorneys to help with the investigation, in which Thao is accused of accepting bribes from the Duongs for renewing their contract with the city of Oakland. Later, he said investigators approached him as a “possible victim.”

The Fair Political Practices Commission is now investigating Bonta for alleged improper use of campaign funds.