Newsom-backed high-speed rail 'boondoggle' hit with new House investigation

FIRST ON FOX: The House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into California's costly high-speed rail project.

Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., wrote to the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Tuesday requesting a staff-level briefing, as well as documents related to federal funding that went into the project, which is backed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

"As part of our investigation, we are seeking to understand whether the Authority knowingly misrepresented the ridership projections and the associated financial viability of the California High-Speed Rail Project (CHSR Project) to secure federal and state funds," Comer wrote to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

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