California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued Fox News over alleged defamation, saying the network knowingly aired false information about him over a phone call he had with President Donald Trump around the t

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued Fox News for defamation, demanding $787 million in monetary damages. The governor alleged that a Fox News host used an edited clip of President Trump’s remarks about Newsom to falsely claim that Newsom had lied about Trump not calling him about deploying National Guard troops to quell L.

The California governor says that the news outlet had used deceptive edits to claim that the governor had lied in saying that Trump had not called him about deploying National Guard troops during the L.