Maddow Blog-California's Gavin Newsom sues Fox News, seeking a very specific amount of money

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1. 'Face consequences!' Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787 million

I am glad that Mark Bankston is handling this case

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2025-06-27T13:45:46Z

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https://www.rawstory.com/gavin-newsom-2672445829/

Mark Bankson, a lawyer representing Newsom, wrote in the suit that Trump’s claim that the phone call took place, a claim Newsom rejects, was consistent with the president’s past behavior.

“It is perhaps unsurprising that a near-octogenarian with a history of delusionary public statements and unhinged late-night social media screeds might confuse the dates,” Bankson and other attorneys of Newsom’s wrote, Politico reported. “But Fox’s decision to cover up for President Trump’s error cannot be so easily dismissed.”

Newsom’s legal team said the governor would be willing to drop the lawsuit should Watters apologize on air, and Fox News retract the claims.