MUST WATCH. Video from 2014 of then Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom speaking honestly about the California high-speed rail project. Newsom: "The facts seem overwhelming that this project is not going to materialize in our lifetime." Newsom admitted that they manipulated revenue projections to get support for the project and that they used federal funding that was not intended for high-speed rail to advance the project. Newsom also claimed that if actual analysis were done, the project would be killed. As Governor, Newsom has spent years selling the project to Californians by using the same lies that he once criticized. It appears that Newsom has known for over a decade how this project would turn out. Why did he continue to push this disaster on Californians? Weeks ago Newsom celebrated the project's success, even though no track has been installed. The current estimated completion time for the entire project is approximately 20 years from now. Last year Newsom sued the Trump Admin for withholding funding for the project.