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‘Cover up’: Spencer Pratt teases shocking details to implicate Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom

Sky News Australia

June 17, 2026

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Keeping It Real Podcast host Jillian Michaels weighs in on Spencer Pratt teasing “shocking details” surrounding the Palisades fire that will implicate Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom. “What I think you’re going to learn is that Newsom vetoed bills for forestry management,” Ms Michaels told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power. “That they tried to cover up the fact that the fire started days before and they prevented the fire department from putting it out because of a weed in the national park. “The list is going to be very long; it’s deeply alarming.”

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