Looks like Trump is attempting to orchestrate the same fate for Newsom as Walz with his new "California investigation" [View all]

Trump Says California Under Investigation: ‘More Corrupt Than Minnesota’
Jan 06, 2026 at 09:04 AM EST

Shane Croucher
By Shane Croucher
Breaking News Editor

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-california-fraud-newsom-minnesota-11314548

Trump called California "more corrupt than Minnesota" under Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and said his administration has started investigating the state for fraud.

"California, under Governor Gavin Newscum, is more corrupt than Minnesota, if that’s possible??? The Fraud Investigation of California has begun," Trump posted to his Truth Social platform on Tuesday morning.

Newsom, a likely candidate for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, has repeatedly clashed with Trump under a political strategy to take the fight to the president and his administration, played out largely on social media.

Trump has seized on the Minnesota fraud scandal, where potentially billions of dollars of taxpayer money was stolen by a network of schemes largely centered in the Somali community under the state's Democratic administration.