Rob Bonta
Role at the time: California attorney general
Condemned
Statement summary
California Attorney General Rob Bonta rejected the new Section 301 tariffs as an illegal use of presidential power that would raise costs for families and small businesses. He announced that California was co-leading a lawsuit challenging them.
“this misuse of power”
Read the official statement (opens in a new tab)Bonta calls the new tariffs a third illegal attempt to raise costsBonta's quoted statement, beginning President Trump is so intent
The California attorney general's office announced that California was co-leading a multistate lawsuit against the new Section 301 tariffs. Bonta said the tariffs would raise costs for families and small businesses and described the lawsuit as a third challenge to the administration's tariff actions.
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Bonta rejects the new tariffs as an illegal use of presidential power and supports a lawsuit to stop them.