{"id":142035,"date":"2021-02-17T15:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142035"},"modified":"2021-02-17T15:28:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T20:28:07","slug":"california-republican-assemblyman-calls-for-corruption-investigation-into-newsom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-republican-assemblyman-calls-for-corruption-investigation-into-newsom\/","title":{"rendered":"California Republican Assemblyman Calls for Corruption Investigation Into Newsom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-republican-assemblyman-calls-for-corruption-investigation-into-newsom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=142035&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Newsom-e1602703489281.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>California state assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R.) called for a corruption investigation into Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D.) management of public contracts awarded during the coronavirus pandemic to companies that contributed to his reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<p><span>Kiley<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/PR-Kiley-calls-for-investigation-of-influence-peddling-at-Governors-Office-during-State-of-Emergency-FINAL-02162021.pdf\"><span>proposed<\/span><\/a> <span>Tuesday that state authorities probe Newsom\u2019s role in alleged influence-peddling by corporations, many of which were able to receive no-bid contracts from the California government because of the state of emergency declared in response to the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Democrats<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capradio.org\/articles\/2021\/02\/16\/investigation-big-newsom-donors-including-blue-shield-received-no-bid-contracts-during-covid-19-response\/\"><span>Reporting<\/span><\/a> <span>by local outlets indicates Newsom\u2019s government issued contracts and other opportunities to at least half a dozen companies that made major donations to Newsom\u2019s reelection campaign. The contracts offered by the state range from $2 million to $1 billion.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Companies that received no-bid contracts include large donors in the health care industry. Blue Shield of California has given Newsom more than $300,000 since 2018 and won a $15 million contract from the state government. UnitedHealth has contributed more than $200,000 to Newsom\u2019s political efforts since 2018 and won multiple no-bid contracts totaling more than $400 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The president of BYD, a Chinese manufacturer, donated $40,000 to Newsom and received more than $1 billion from California to produce N95 and surgical masks. BYD ultimately failed to complete its contract on time and had to return $247 million in public funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kiley slammed Newsom\u2019s coronavirus management as a strategy to aid &#8220;special interest allies&#8221; over working Californians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;This governor has repeatedly used extraordinary emergency powers to reward special interest allies as millions of Californians have paid the price,&#8221; Kiley said. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to imagine a worse betrayal of the public trust.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Scrutiny over Newsom&#8217;s management of the pandemic comes as the governor faces a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/recall-petition-stop-the-spread-of-the-newsom\/\">recall effort<\/a>&nbsp;led by Republican politicians and conservative activists.&nbsp;Roughly half-a-million Californians have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/california-governor-recall-stands-meeting-goal-gavin-newsom\/35527644\">reportedly<\/a>&nbsp;signed a recall petition against Newsom, with 1.5 million signatures required to force a special election.&nbsp;The movement gained enough steam in recent weeks to merit a response from the Biden administration. White House press secretary Jen Psaki <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1359243295608754176?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> last week that President Joe Biden opposes any recall effort against Newsom and shares &#8220;a commitment to a range of issues&#8221; with the governor.<\/p>\n<p><span>California Republicans, including former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer and former gubernatorial candidate John Cox, have lined up to challenge Newsom in a potential recall election, which would take place later this year if the signature campaign is successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California state assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R.) called for a corruption investigation into Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s (D.) management of public contracts awarded during the coronavirus pandemic to companies that contributed to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181428,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Newsom-e1602703489281.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"California Republican Assemblyman Calls for Corruption Investigation Into Newsom","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Newsom-e1602703489281.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"California Republican Assemblyman Calls for Corruption Investigation Into Newsom","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2181428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}