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Oct 26, 2026
Tavis SmileyHOST
We'll talk about that.
Tavis SmileyHOST
He mentioned those 100 lawsuits earlier, and I want to ask him what he has learned as California AG about our system, our system of jurisprudence, whether or not he has become more confident or less confident in our democratic systems and structures holding when they're challenging the way that they are by Donald Trump.
Tavis SmileyHOST
You've got to file 100 lawsuits against the president It's a lot of work, right? But it raises questions about whether or not he feels confident that our democracy will hold when you have to sue that many times just to make things right.
Tavis SmileyHOST
I digress for now.
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Tavis SmileyHOST
But I think the time is right.
Tavis SmileyHOST
I'll tell you all about it just at the top of the conversation with Dr. Cornel West in a few moments from now.
Tavis SmileyHOST
But for now, I thank California AG Rob Bonta for coming on this program.
Tavis SmileyHOST
And by the way, thank you for supporting this station by buying ads on this black media outlet to ask black folk for your vote.
Tavis SmileyHOST
But in this first hour, two more conversations on the B side of this hour.
Tavis SmileyHOST
We'll talk to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who has done more battle with Donald Trump than Sisyphus with that rock.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Except Bonta keeps finding a way to actually get the rock up the hill.
Tavis SmileyHOST
Lots to talk about with Rob Bonta just a week before Election Day.
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Tavis SmileyHOST
Thank you.
Tavis SmileyHOST
My pleasure, man.
Tavis SmileyHOST
On the back half of this hour, when we come forward, Rob Bonta, the California Attorney General.
Tavis SmileyHOST
You're listening to Tavis Smith.
Alex AlonsoHOST
In a court filing, T. Valdez, the acting warden at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, said Lanes, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, agreed to his placement.
Alex AlonsoHOST
The California Attorney General's Office filed the response on Valdez's behalf, stating Lanes' consent to his prison housing classification and assignment and assumed any risk alleged to be associated with that housing.
Munchie BHOST
You got to sign to go PC.
Munchie BHOST
Basically, that's what he's saying, bro.
Wes MooreGUEST
It's great to see you.
Antonia HyltonHOST
All right, next, the California Attorney General talks about President Trump's attempts to interfere with your election.
Antonia HyltonHOST
Just over a week from Election Day and President Trump is escalating his legal battle with California over election security.
Antonia HyltonHOST
On Friday, the department sent letters to local election officials across the state demanding they help identify potential non-citizens on their voter rolls and set aside their ballots.
Antonia HyltonHOST
The letter sent to every county.
Antonia HyltonHOST
also said local officials would risk significant federal scrutiny if they failed to comply with the DOJ's demands.
Antonia HyltonHOST
And joining me now is California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Antonia HyltonHOST
Attorney General, how does the state plan to fight this order and make sure the election is carried out fairly on November 3rd?
Amy GoodmanHOST
At the Adelanto Processing Center, just north of where I am right now in Los Angeles, four out of five recent deaths were linked to substandard medical care.
Amy GoodmanHOST
That's according to the California Attorney General's report on ICE detention centers in California this year.
Amy GoodmanHOST
Journalists Natasha Del Toro and Al Jazeera's fault lines investigated the deaths at the Adelanto Processing Center, which is run, yes, again by the private GEO group.
Amy GoodmanHOST
This is a clip from the Fault Lines episode, Dying in Detention.
Michelle FisherHOST
Well, there are major developments today in the dispute over alleged non-citizen voter ballots.
Michelle FisherHOST
Our political reporter Josh Haskell has the latest from federal prosecutors and the California Attorney General.
Josh HaskellCORRESPONDENT
The legal battle between the Department of Justice and California election officials escalating with an expedited ruling request from the federal government and California asking the judge to dismiss the case.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We think it's meritless and we think it should be thrown out of court immediately.
Bill AsseleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We've provided a list of non-citizens who we believe are non-citizens to the state of California, and we ask that their ballots be separated from the other ballots so that way we can go through the court process.
Bill AsseleSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They've refused.
Josh HaskellCORRESPONDENT
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday voter fraud is illegal and should be prosecuted, but he thinks what the federal government is trying to do is different.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They have advanced this approach of... you are guilty until proven innocent.
Matt MurphyHOST
Second time in California history, a judge, they agreed with me and refused to dismiss a case based on a motion by the prosecutor.
Matt MurphyHOST
So that means that the California Attorney General came in, Mark, and I'm here to tell you they are utterly inept in sexual assault cases and that they wound up getting, like, the process went on for two years.
Matt MurphyHOST
They treated my clients like hell.
Matt MurphyHOST
They dragged them through the mud.
Ron SchutzSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
and talk about these lawsuits in a bigger picture context.
Ron SchutzSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Let's be clear that what really is going on here is that the bus on these lawsuits is being driven by the California Attorney General leading a coalition of states
Sam MartinHOST
with...
Sam MartinHOST
Okay, that's...
Sam MartinHOST
I don't remember if Keith did it.
Sam MartinHOST
That's a load of hooey.
Sam MartinHOST
I mean, unfortunately, the California attorney general led on the lawsuit against the Paramount Warner Brothers merger.
Sam MartinHOST
And that
Rich JacobyHOST
All right, next, this one's about your personal information.
Rich JacobyHOST
Citizens Bank just filed a data breach notice with the California Attorney General.
Rich JacobyHOST
According to that filing, the bank discovered it back on September 10th, and the information that got out? Names, social security numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers.
Rich JacobyHOST
And Cyber News reported this is the bank's second security incident this year.
Buzz AdamsHOST
The...
Buzz AdamsHOST
California Attorney General says that
NicoHOST
it's all BS.
NicoHOST
All BS.
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Buzz AdamsHOST
At
Joanna BarbaHOST
this critical time.
Buzz AdamsHOST
You know who agrees with me is the California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Rob BontaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They provided no, no.
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