President Donald Trump said Monday that the Department of Justice will sue California over Gov. Gavin Newsom 's efforts to draw a new, Democratic-leaning congressional map .

The redistricting push in California was ignited by a similar effort underway in Texas to gerrymander key House districts to more heavily favor Republicans .

"I think I'm going to be filing a lawsuit pretty soon, and I think we're going to be very successful in it," Trump said of Newsom's redistricting push during a lengthy press event in the Oval Office.

"We're going to be filing it through the Department of Justice. That's going to happen," he said.

Newsom promptly responded on social media: "BRING IT."

Trump's announcement that the government intends to challenge the California plan came just days aft

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