Gov. Gavin Newsom is responding after President Donald Trump said Tuesday that California is being investigated for fraud.
The president said in a post on Truth Social that the “Fraud Investigation of California has begun,” but he did not provide any specifics about the alleged fraud.
In a statement to ABC News, Newsom’s office said he’s blocked more than $125 billion in fraud, arrested criminals and protected taxpayers from scam artists.
Meanwhile, California is one of five Democrat-run states being targeted by the Trump administration. The Department of Health and Human Services said it’s freezing $10 billion in federal funds over so-called fraudulent child care programming.
The Department of Health and Human Services is freezing $10 billion in federal funds in five Democrat-run states over allegations of fraudulent child-care programming.
That could force families to pay out-of-pocket.
The other states impacted by the freeze are Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, an HHS official confirmed to ABC News.
ABC News contributed to this report.
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