Federal agents, including those conducting immigration enforcement operations, will not comply with California's extreme mask ban for on-duty law enforcement officers when it goes into effect in January, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli.

Essayli, who was appointed to the position for the Central District of California by President Trump earlier this year, told CBS News Los Angeles' Jeff Nguyen on Monday that he has instructed agents to ignore the law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday.

"We're not going to follow it," Essayli said. "The law has no force or effect on federal agencies. The State of California has no jurisdiction to regulate anything that we do in the federal government and I've instructed our agents to disregard it."

During Saturday's signing, Newsom

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