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Miles Archer

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Tue Jan 6, 2026, 09:13 AM Jan 6

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.

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Shocking SheltieLover Jan 6 #1
Yeah, I mean... Miles Archer Jan 6 #2
Rght. I doubt it wil work with Newsom SheltieLover Jan 6 #3
Walz didn't seem to want to be an ongoing target for Trump. Miles Archer Jan 6 #5
Yup, although I must say Pritzker is my hope gor 2028, if he wants it SheltieLover Jan 6 #6
He's cut from a somewhat similar cloth Miles Archer Jan 6 #14
Which I love that about Newsom, tRump, has just blown over people and most have been subversive to his a kennedy Jan 6 #7
The other difference is that there really was a fraud scheme in Minnesota, a big one, Ocelot II Jan 6 #9
Maga has long since noticed that the left is crickets about trumps 34 felony convictions. Omnipresent Jan 6 #4
This is why a low profile 2028 candidate Frasier Balzov Jan 6 #8
Totally. They'd never go after a low profile candidate. BannonsLiver Jan 6 #16
Well an AI video can be generated in minutes Frasier Balzov Jan 6 #19
Newsome has the support of state voters DBoon Jan 6 #10
the source of those accusations bigtree Jan 6 #11
Walz is still Gov for the next year. He hasn't resigned. Just not running for third term. Newsom isnt Nanjeanne Jan 6 #12
Newsom isn't Walz. intheflow Jan 6 #13
They're the same to Trump...he thinks anyone can be a target Miles Archer Jan 6 #15
There was COVID fraud in many locations suegeo Jan 6 #17
GOP SOP Kid Berwyn Jan 6 #18
Media loves Newsom. Won't work with him. gAI Obsession Jan 6 #20
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