Describing himself as “an articulate voice fighting the radical Fox News agenda,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom — in his individual capacity — sued the network for defamation Friday, arguing that its coverage of a call he had with President Donald Trump earlier this month was designed to damage his reputation.

Newsom argues that the network deliberately misled its viewers on the timing of his call with the president and accused the governor of lying.

The California governor says that the news outlet had used deceptive edits to claim that the governor had lied in saying that Trump had not called him about deploying National Guard troops during the L.