Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for defamation and demands $787m
by Marina Dunbar from US news | The Guardian on (#6Y99B)
California governor accuses network of falsely claiming he lied about a phone call with Donald Trump
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has sued Fox News for defamation and demanded $787m, almost exactly the same amount Fox paid in a previous defamation case over election misinformation.
In the new lawsuit, filed on Friday, Newsom accuses the Fox host Jesse Watters of falsely claiming Newsom lied about a phone call with Donald Trump, who recently ordered national guard troops into Los Angeles.
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