Caitlyn Jenner files paperwork to run for California governor as GOP candidate By Aaron Navarro, Adam Brewster, Ed O Keefe
Updated on: April 23, 2021 / 1:02 PM / CBS News
Former Olympic athlete and transgender reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner announced on Friday that she has filed the initial paperwork to run for governor of California as a Republican. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is likely to face a recall election later this year. For the past decade we have seen the glimmer of the Golden State reduced by one-party rule that places politics over progress and special interests over people, Jenner, 71, said in a statement. I am a proven winner and the only outsider who can put an end to Gavin Newsom s disastrous time as governor.
Caitlyn Jenner Considering Run For California Governor In Recall Effort
Caitlyn Jenner is considering a run in California s gubernatorial recall election and is set to meet with GOP political advisors next week on any potential next steps, a source confirmed to CBS News.
The former reality TV star and Olympian is getting guidance from Republican fundraiser Caroline Wren, CBS News has confirmed, and Politico and The New York Times reported Brad Parscale is also providing guidance. Politico reported on Thursday that they are set to be at the meeting with Jenner next week at her home in Malibu.
She has also been in contact with Dave Rexrode, executive director of the Republican Governors Association, a Republican source familiar with the talks told CBS News. The RGA does not endorse in primaries.
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By S.T. Patrick
As America’s leading journalists continue to bicker self-righteously over the timing of Bob Woodward’s publicly released tapes made with President Trump in preparation for a new book, freedom of the press continues to wilt away in a courtroom in London where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fights extradition to the U.S.
Assange, a 48-year-old Australian, is fighting extradition to a country where if he should lose a trial he faces up to 175 years in prison for revealing to the public classified U.S. intelligence documents and videotapes. Assange and his team of attorneys have charged that his global prosecution has been a direct assault on press freedoms and whistleblowers. He once faced rape charges in Sweden, but those were dropped due to a clear lack of evidence. Since Ecuador’s embassy in England rescinded his political asylum in 2019, Assange has been held in Belmarsh Prison outside of London. The extradition trial was originally scheduled for the spring