California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a $787 million defamation lawsuit against FOX News June 27, alleging the network deliberately misled viewers about a phone call between him and President Donald Trump during the recent Los Angeles riots.
The lawsuit, filed in Delaware Superior Court, accuses FOX of airing false claims that accused Newsom lied about speaking with Trump.
At the center of the dispute is a 16-minute phone call that occurred late June 6 on the West Coast — after 1 a.m. June 7 Eastern. Trump’s call logs confirmed the 16-minute call between the two leaders, which happened shortly after riots targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) broke out in Los Angeles.
On June 10, Trump told reporters he had spoken with Newsom “a day ago” and urged him “to do a better job.” Newsom responded on X, saying, “There was no call. Not even a voicemail.”
According to the complaint, Newsom made the post to correct Trump’s claim that they had spoken “a day ago.”
Later that evening on Jesse Watters Primetime, FOX News host Jesse Watters accused Newsom of dishonesty.
“Newsom responded, and he said there wasn’t a phone call, said Trump never called him. Not even a voicemail, he said,” Watters said. “But John Roberts got Trump’s call logs, and it shows Trump called him late Friday night and they talked for 16 minutes.”
“Why would Newsom lie and claim Trump never called him?” he added.
The lawsuit claims the network’s coverage was “calculated to provoke outrage and cause Governor Newsom significant harm” and accuses FOX of protecting Trump “by smearing his political opponent.”
Newsom is demanding a televised apology from Watters and a public retraction. According to The New York Times, the governor has offered to drop the case if those conditions are met.
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