Gavin Newsom criticises Trump's response to Correspondents' Dinner shooting
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Updated · Fox News · May 4
Gavin Newsom criticises Trump's response to Correspondents' Dinner shooting
6 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 4
In a Monday interview, the California governor said Trump used the 25 April attack to target opponents and chill free speech instead of lowering tensions.
Newsom linked the aftermath to White House pressure to fire ABC host Jimmy Kimmel and to FCC moves affecting ABC-owned stations, calling them retaliation and institutional weaponisation.
Federal prosecutors have charged Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, over the Washington Hilton attack, in which a Secret Service officer was hit in the chest but protected by a ballistic vest.
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