'That's a cover-up': Gavin Newsom takes fresh dig as senior officials quit Trump's DOJ
Gavin Newsom's Press Office has criticized the Department of Justice after a flurry of resignations from the administration.
It was confirmed Tuesday that assistant attorney general for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon has decided not to investigate the shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother shot dead by ICE agents in Minneapolis last week. At least four Civil Rights Division leaders resigned as a result of Dhillon's decision, with criticism over a refusal to probe the shooting aired by Newsom's press team.
A post to the Press Office X account reads, "Senior DOJ civil rights officials just quit because Harmeet Dhillon refused to investigate an ICE shooting. That’s not leadership. That’s a cover-up."
Newsom had made his thoughts clear on the Minneapolis shooting earlier this week. He wrote on his X account, "For almost a year, Donald Trump's personal police force has rampaged across America.
“His administration has driven extremism and cruelty while discarding basic safeguards and accountability. Now, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen is dead. Donald Trump owns this. His deliberate escalation of intimidation and chaos has consequences. His reckless crackdown must end."
His Press Office account branded the shooting "state-sponsored terrorism."