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Gavin Newsom: “We watched a mega sheriff seize hundreds of thousands of…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Newsom Celebrates 250 Years of American Independence

Published | Video Starts at 02:55

We watched the United States Department of Justice illegally seek sensitive voter information in at least 30 states. Right here in California, we watched. We watched a mega sheriff seize hundreds of thousands of ballots in defiance of state law. in defiance of every prohibition that protects ballot security. And we watched Donald Trump illegally seize control of California's own National Guard and march our soldiers in the streets of … (02:55–03:02)

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Asserts that a sheriff illegally seized ballots in California.

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