Gavin Newsom showed no remorse to Fox News’ Jesse Watters after the host was forced to issue a groveling apology over the network’s reporting on Donald Trump’s phone call to the California governor. Newsom filed a $787 million defamation lawsuit against the network—the same amount Fox had to cough up to Dominion Voting Systems for airing false claims about the 2020 election—claiming it misrepresented calls between him and Trump about

"Heavy stuff," Newsom replied. The governor said he has been tempted repeatedly to watch the series, but he has purposely avoided it because the matter could soon land on his desk. "I don't want to be persuaded by something that's not in the files," Newsom said.