Los Angeles’ top federal prosecutorput Gov. Gavin Newsom on blastfor “misleading the public” after he claimed victory over a court ruling that partially blocked a new California law affecting federal law enforcement.
Newsom had taken to X on Monday to celebrate an incomplete win after a federal judge blocked a law that would ban federal agents from wearing masks in the state during law enforcement activity.
US District Judge Christina Snyder did rule in favor of a provision that requires all law enforcement officers — federal and state — to wear badges or other identification on their uniforms.
“A federal court just upheld California’s law REQUIRING federal agents to identify themselves. California will keep standing up for civil rights and our democracy,”Newsom wrote on X.
“That’s a funny way of saying you lost,” First Assistant US Attorney for the Central District Bill Essaylifired back on X. “A federal judge BLOCKED your anti-masking law because it violated the Supremacy Clause.”
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Judge Snyder, a Clinton-nominated US district judge, ruled that the mask measure “treats federal law enforcement differently than similarly situated state law enforcement officers.”
The Trump administration hailed the decision as a “key court victory.”
“These federal agents are harassed, doxxed, obstructed, and attacked on a regular basis just for doing their jobs,” Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X. “We have no tolerance for it. We will continue fighting and winning in court for President Trump’s law-and-order agenda — and we will ALWAYS have the backs of our great federal law enforcement officers.”
Newsom signed Senate Bill 627, known as theNo Secret Police Act, in September 2025 to prohibit local and federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks or facial coverings to conceal their identity while conducting official duties. The law was set to take effect on Jan. 1, 2026.
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