California Gov. Gavin Newsom tied accountability for alleged corruption in the Trump administration to restoring public trust and urged incoming Democratic majorities in Congress to pursue it alongside policy changes.
Newsom made the appeal during a Thursday interview with Anadolu Agency at the U.N. climate conference COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye. He accused the administration of corruption on a scale he described as unprecedented in U.S. history. “That accountability needs to happen at the same time we get wins on the board,” he told Anadolu.
Democrats’ victories in the Nov. 3 midterm elections gave them control of the House and Senate. The new Congress is due to convene in January. Newsom said lawmakers should pursue accountability while taking legislative action and reversing some Trump administration policies, and he expects them to begin once they take office.
