Newsom is warned of ‘criminal tax evasion’ if he withholds federal taxes

There is an implied contract between the States and the Federal government regarding taxation. The Federal government cannot cut funding to a State and still expect them to keep their end of that agreement.

This is the kind of thing that could get him elected president or thrown in jail. Or possibly both.

Does it need to be paid in a specific way? I would like to see the most petty way it could be paid out. I imagine with such a large amount people would quit or refuse to count it.

Okay but why was he planning on withholding them in the first place?