President Trump declared on Tuesday that a fraud investigation is underway in California.
“California, under Governor Gavin Newscum, is more corrupt than Minnesota, if that’s possible??? The Fraud Investigation of California has begun,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Newsom’s press office responded to Trump, calling him a “deranged, habitual liar whose relationship with reality ended years ago.”
“This is not complicated. He spends his days posting whatever garbage his shriveled little brain can cough up — and Fox News dutifully treats it like the Lord’s scripture,” the post read, going on to claim that the California governor has “blocked over $125 BILLION in fraud, arrested criminal parasites leaching off of taxpayers, and protected taxpayers from the exact kind of scam artists Trump celebrates, excuses, and pardons.”
The development follows an investigation into fraud in Minnesota. Following Governor Tim Walz’s (D) announcement that he would not seek re-election in November, President Trump said he had been “caught, redhanded, along with Ilhan Omar, and others of his Somali friends, stealing tens of billions of taxpayer dollars.”
Trump added, “Governor Walz has destroyed the State of Minnesota, but others, like Governor Gavin Newscum, JB Pritzker, and Kathy Hochul, have done, in my opinion, an even more dishonest and incompetent job. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!”
A recent assessment from California’s state auditor found that several agencies are “high-risk” in the state for waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement. “[W]e conclude that the California Department of Social Services met our criteria to be designated as a high‑risk agency, and we are adding it to the high‑risk list,” a letter from the state auditor to California government officials read. “Because of recent changes to federal law, the State will soon be required to pay a portion of its CalFresh benefits. This cost, which could be as much as $2.5 billion in federal fiscal year 2028, is based on California’s payment error rate, which measures the accuracy of the State’s eligibility and benefit determinations.”
“[O]ur office has recently initiated more in-depth high-risk audits of Medi-Cal eligibility determinations and the State’s financial reporting and accountability under the statutory authority provided by our state high‑risk program. When the State’s actions result in significant progress toward resolving or mitigating such risks, we will remove the high-risk designation according to our professional judgment,” the letter added.
