The lawsuit claims Watters falsely reported that Newsom had lied about receiving a call from Trump, even after Newsom publicly denied any contact occurred. The governor posted on

California Governor Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for $787 million as part of a defamation lawsuit filed on Friday in a Delaware court. Newsom is accusing the network, particularly its host Jesse Watters,

The lawsuit centers primarily on a segment in which Watters claimed the Democratic governor lied about a conversation with Trump ahead of the president's move to deploy the National Guard.