Gavin Newsom filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit agains Fox News on Friday, accusing host Jesse Watters of falsely claiming that Newsom had lied about a phone call with President Donald Trump during the dispute over the use of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

California's governor is taking Fox News to court in a personal capacity, accusing the network of defamation over comments related to the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles.

Newsom alleges the network lied about a phone call with Trump, mirroring the damages paid to Dominion Voting Systems last year. California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit against Fox News on Friday,