Asmongold, Still Banned on Twitch, Says He Hopes the DOJ 'Makes Up Whatever They Can' to Jail Gavin Newsom
A Media Matters report published June 16 surfaced a clip of the streamer calling for fabricated charges against California's governor. The comment landed while Asmongold remains suspended from his primary platform.
On June 16, Media Matters for America published a report flagging a clip of Asmongold commenting on the Justice Department's reported investigation into California Governor Gavin Newsom. According to the report, Asmongold said on stream, "Hopefully, they figure out and make up whatever they possibly can to get this guy in jail." He remains banned from Twitch as of that date, following a suspension that began June 4.
The Media Matters report framed the clip as another entry in what the outlet characterized as a pattern of right-wing commentary from the streamer, who has previously endorsed Marco Rubio for 2028, defended Nick Fuentes on the basis of viewership numbers, and, according to a claim that surfaced May 30, received an invitation to a Trump administration event. The Newsom comment extends that record into explicit advocacy for a federal prosecution the streamer himself described, in the same breath, as potentially fabricated.
For the record, the phrasing Asmongold used, "make up whatever they possibly can," drew the most attention in coverage of the clip. Observers across platforms noted that the line is not an ambiguous hot take open to charitable reading. It is a statement of preference for a manufactured legal case against a sitting governor, and the streamer appeared to say it without evident hesitation.
Some corners of the internet treated the clip as consistent with what they have come to expect from Asmongold's political commentary and found little new to argue about. Others, particularly those who had previously defended him on the grounds that his controversies were about gaming culture rather than partisan politics, appeared to find the Newsom comment harder to absorb into that framing.
The timing added its own texture. Asmongold disclosed on June 16, the same day the Media Matters report ran, that his legal fees in the ongoing Mizkif lawsuit have exceeded $180,000. He is simultaneously suspended from the platform that generates the bulk of his audience, litigating an active civil suit, and now on record hoping a federal agency invents charges against a political figure.
What happens next
Twitch has not announced a timeline for reviewing or lifting Asmongold's suspension. It is not yet established whether the Newsom clip was recorded before or after the ban began on June 4, or on which platform it was streamed. Media Matters has not indicated whether additional clips from the same session are forthcoming.
