California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) filed a $787 million defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its reporting on his phone call with President Trump during LA riots.
Newsom is seeking the same amount of money that Fox News was ordered to pay in a settlement to Dominion Voting Systems.
Earlier this month President Trump sent Fox News reporter John Roberts a screenshot of his phone call with Newsom after the California Governor said Trump never called him.
Trump said he called Newsom during the Los Angeles riots to discuss the National Guard and other security measures to quell the riots.
Newsom said Trump never called him so the President sent a screenshot to prove Newsom wrong.
WATCH:
BREAKING NEWS: Gavin Newscum LIED and said President Trump never called him. Trump contacted Fox News host John Roberts and provided the call logs proving he spoke with Newsom for 16 minutes on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/s35pMV4bxS
— Joel Fischer (@realJoelFischer) June 10, 2025
The lawsuit is demanding an on-air retraction from Fox News host Jesse Watters over his statements on Newsom’s phone call with Trump.
If Jesse Watters issues a retraction, Newsom will drop the lawsuit.
WATCH:
JUST IN: California Governor Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $800M, accusing the network of lying about his call with President Trump during the LA riots.
Newsom is specifically demanding an on-air apology from Jesse Watters.
“Mr. Newsom’s lawyers also sent Fox News a letter… pic.twitter.com/PskmgEjGnZ
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 27, 2025
CNBC reported:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued Fox News on Friday, seeking damages of at least $787 million from the conservative network for allegedly defaming him by making misleading comments about a phone call with President Donald Trump.
“No more lies,” Newsom wrote in a tweet that announced his lawsuit, which the Democrat filed in Superior Court in Delaware, where Fox News is incorporated.
The monetary damages Newsom is seeking almost exactly match what Fox Corp., Fox News and other Fox cable networks agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems in April 2023 to settle a Delaware lawsuit alleging they defamed Dominion by falsely claiming its machines swayed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election against Trump.
Newsom’s suit is focused on comments by Fox News anchor Jesse Waters, who had said Newsom lied about not having a call with Trump on a certain day in early June.
Gavin Newsom taunted Fox on X: “See you in court, Fox News.”
WATCH:
See you in court, @FoxNews. pic.twitter.com/26zp3kWL4K
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 27, 2025
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