Gavin Newsom all for impeaching Trump; California Assembly urges president s ouster
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Then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (left), President Trump and then-Gov. Jerry Brown on Nov. 17, 2018, at the site of the Camp Fire.Paul Kitagaki Jr. / Sacramento Bee 2018
SACRAMENTO Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that he supports removing President Trump from office through impeachment or the 25th Amendment, but he said he’s not spending much time thinking about the effort.
The state Assembly is, however it voted Monday to urge Congress to remove Trump if he doesn’t quit.
“I’m all for it,” Newsom said during a news conference in Sacramento County, when asked if he supports Trump’s impeachment. “But that’s not my focus right now. My focus, candidly, is on you and your family and your safety as it relates to issues associated with getting us through this very challenging wave in this pandemic. And so that’s where my energy flows right now.”
Gavin Newsom gives an update on California s Covid response. | Rich Pedroncelli, Pool/AP
Newsom recall effort gets $500K boost from Orange County firm
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OAKLAND, Calif. A campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has received its first six-figure infusion, underscoring the effort’s potential.
Irvine-based consulting firm Prov 3:9, LLC contributed $500,000 to one of the committees seeking to put a recall election before California voters. The effort also received roughly $100,000 from Sequoia Capital partner Douglas Leone and his wife Patricia Perkins-Leone, who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to President Donald Trump and allied Republican groups this last campaign cycle.
Why it matters: Statewide campaigns require lots of money, usually in the millions of dollars, and political observers have been closely watching to see if major donors step up for the recall effort. Now the first major sum has landed, bolstering the recall’s chances.
NorCal Rapist sentenced to 897 years for kidnapping, sexually assaulting women
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Roy Charles Waller appears in Sacramento County Superior Court last month, when he was found guilty of being the NorCal Rapist, who attacked nine women in their homes between 1991 and 2006.Paul Kitagaki Jr. / Sacramento Bee
SACRAMENTO Roy Charles Waller, the notorious NorCal Rapist, was sentenced to 897 years in state prison Friday for attacking, kidnapping and sexually assaulting nine women in Northern California over a 15-year period.
Waller, 60, sat motionless, staring at the table in front of him, for more than an hour as several victims described in court how he had tortured and raped them in their homes.
Roy Charles Waller appears in Sacramento County Superior Court last month, when he was found guilty of being the NorCal Rapist, who attacked nine women in their homes between 1991 and 2006. Photo: Paul Kitagaki Jr. / Sacramento Bee
SACRAMENTO Roy Charles Waller, the notorious NorCal Rapist, was sentenced to 897 years in state prison Friday for attacking, kidnapping and sexually assaulting nine women in Northern California over a 15-year period.
Waller, 60, sat motionless, staring at the table in front of him, for more than an hour as several victims described in court how he had tortured and raped them in their homes.
Nicole Earnest-Payte was raped in her Rohnert Park townhouse one night in the summer of 1991 after Waller came in through through an unlocked door. She said he threatened to kill her as he committed “sadistic and fiendish acts.”