EXCLUSIVE — Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has veered into shaky political territory by “consistently” engaging with the Chinese Communist Party and selling out his state and country multiple times, according to explosive claims in a new book.

In Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All, which will be released Tuesday, authors Susan Crabtree and Jedd McFatter take a microscope to the governor’s cozy relationship with Beijing.