Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said Sunday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was threatening “to commit criminal tax evasion,” quoting a story from Breitbart News that noted Newsom’s threat Friday.
As Breitbart News reported Friday, Newsom threatened to stop federal taxes from being paid by Californians in response to a threat from President Donald Trump to cut of federal funding to the state. That threat, in turn, came after Newsom defied Trump’s executive orders on transgenderism in sports by allowing biological males to compete against females at the high school level. The Trump administration has also said it would claw back federal funds to California in other areas, notably high-speed rail, which has wasted billions of dollars. There were reports Friday that suggested that
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