Source: CNBC
“President Donald Trump said Monday that the Department of Justice will sue California over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s efforts to draw a new, Democratic-leaning congressional map. The redistricting push in California was ignited by a similar effort underway in Texas to gerrymander key House districts to more heavily favor Republicans. ‘I think I’m going to be filing a lawsuit pretty soon, and I think we’re going to be very successful in it,’ Trump said of Newsom’s redistricting push during a lengthy press event in the Oval Office. ‘We’re going to be filing it through the Department of Justice. That’s going to happen,’ he said. Newsom promptly responded on social media: ‘BRING IT.'” (08/26/25)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-california-lawsuit-texas-redistricting-newsom.html