Trump Says DOJ Will Sue California Over Redistricting Plan

President Donald Trump said on Aug. 25 he is preparing to have the U.S. Department of Justice sue California over the state’s new redistricting plan, arguing the measure is illegal and engineered to bolster Democratic representation. “I think I’m going to be filing a lawsuit pretty soon … we’re going to be filing it through the DOJ,” Trump told reporters, adding that the administration also expects separate litigation on what he described as “blue slipping” related to the maps. The president did not give a filing date or detail the legal arguments. Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who supports the redistricting initiative, had not publicly responded to the threat of federal litigation at the time of Trump’s remarks.