Fox News Jesse Watters tried to clear up his earlier claim that Gavin Newsom was lying in a denial of a phone call with Donald Trump last month, but the California governor indicated that he would still proceed with his defamation lawsuit against the network.

Faced with a $787-million defamation suit filed by the governor, Watters said he misunderstood Newsom's X post about his communications with the president.

Jesse Watters admitted on his Fox News show that he erred in saying Gov. Newsom lied about a call with Trump. But Newsom is proceeding with his lawsuit against the network.

A spokesperson dismissed the idea previously touted by the president, following a visit to the island by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday

G ov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) is continuing his feud with President Donald Trump, whose administration has failed to release more files from its sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and has led his approval rating to plummet to record lows.

"Pam Bondi will reopen Alcatraz the same day Trump lets her release the Epstein files. So, never," Izzy Gardon, Newsom's director of communications, told SFGATE. The high-profile visit comes two months after President Donald Trump floated the idea of reopening the long-shuttered penitentiary as a maximum-security prison.

After President Trump federalized California National Guard troops in response to anti-ICE riots in LA, Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters, “It’s about time Donald Trump grow up."

A day after the Pentagon ordered the withdrawal of half of the National Guard troops deployed in Los Angeles, Gov.

Newsom criticizes Trump's National Guard deployment. July 17, 2025. California Governor Gavin Newsom called the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Ang