Gavin Newsom: “Donald Trump's presidency, as we know it, ended last week in the U.S.”

Some have said I should not grant clemency to people who committed the worst of the worst crimes … I have learned, however, from speaking with the victims harmed by these crimes, that each experiences their loss as the worst of the worst.

It has not been and cannot be fairly applied and has resulted in the conviction of innocent people.

This will always weigh heavily on me.

It was a historic rebuke of his tenure, and now it's incumbent upon those that were successful to govern and to lead my party.