Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon ripped California Gov. Gavin Newsom in an interview on “Pod Force One,” saying his “state leadership failures” were disqualifying for a 2028 presidential run — before suggesting that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was a far “more promising” candidate for Democrats.

Dhillon, a former California resident, told The Post’s Miranda Devine that Newsom, who is term-limited and will leave office in January 2027, “isn’t untested, like [former President Barack] Obama was, in a way” but has “notable personal foibles and failures” when asked whether the governor had a shot at the US presidency.

The assistant AG for the Civil Rights Division also noted that a member of Newsom’s staff had claimed she was “involved in the firebombing of a judge’s house i

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