California Governor Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for at least $787 million in damages, claiming defamation over host Jesse Watters' false statements regarding a call with President Donald Trump. Newsom contends that Fox utilized deceptive edits and misrepresented facts to suggest he lied about the call's timing. He challenges assertions made during Watters' broadcast and has offered to settle if Fox issues a retraction and an apology. This lawsuit follows a substantial settlement Fox made with Dominion Voting Systems over similar defamation charges.
In covering the sequence of events, Mr. Newsom alleges, Fox News made deceptive video edits and false statements that concealed that Mr. Trump said the leaders had spoken a day ago.
Newsom alleges that Fox News used deceptive video edits and made false statements to support Trump's claims regarding a phone call between him and the governor.
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