Gavin Newsom: “We watched the United States Department of Justice illegally…”

“One of the darkest days in our nation's history. And it didn't stop there. We watched a coordinated campaign to install loyalists in county election offices across this country. 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.” (02:46–02:54)

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