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BBC: Trump says he 'could' return mistakenly deported man if he wanted to
BBC - Trump says he 'could' return mistakenly deported man if he wanted to
1 hour ago
James FitzGerald
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged he does have the ability to bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, but that he will not do so.
Kilmar Ábrego García was removed from the US in March. Judges all the way up to the US Supreme Court have ruled that this was done in error, and that Trump's team should help "facilitate" his return.
Trump had previously denied having the power to bring Mr Ábrego García back to his home in Maryland. Pressed by an interviewer from ABC News on Tuesday, he conceded he "could" change the situation if he wanted to.
However, he argued that Mr Ábrego García had been rightfully deported.
Trump also said that a government lawyer who had previously made the admission that Mr Ábrego García had been deported in error "should not have said that".
/snip
1 hour ago
James FitzGerald
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged he does have the ability to bring back a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, but that he will not do so.
Kilmar Ábrego García was removed from the US in March. Judges all the way up to the US Supreme Court have ruled that this was done in error, and that Trump's team should help "facilitate" his return.
Trump had previously denied having the power to bring Mr Ábrego García back to his home in Maryland. Pressed by an interviewer from ABC News on Tuesday, he conceded he "could" change the situation if he wanted to.
However, he argued that Mr Ábrego García had been rightfully deported.
Trump also said that a government lawyer who had previously made the admission that Mr Ábrego García had been deported in error "should not have said that".
/snip
Asshole...
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trump is caught in yet another lie
https://bsky.app/profile/fdrtoday.bsky.social/post/3lo2tqoo2qs2n
PolitiFact
Trump stated yesterday in ABC interview: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’”
Pants on Fire!
They don’t appear in other photos including one shared by Salvadoran government--and more
Trump stated yesterday in ABC interview: Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia “had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’”
Pants on Fire!
They don’t appear in other photos including one shared by Salvadoran government--and more
Link to tweet
In an interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran, President Donald Trump doubled and tripled down on whether deportee Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has MS13, representing the MS-13 gang, tattooed on his knuckles. Trump cited an altered image as evidence.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/apr/30/donald-trump/trump-abrego-garcia-hand-tattoos-abc-news/
Our ruling
Trump said Abrego Garcia "had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’"
The figures M, S, 1 and 3 and the words below the symbols don’t appear in other photographs of Abrego Garcia’s hand, including one shared by the Salvadoran government.
Experts in MS-13 and other gangs say the pictorial tattoos shown are not typical designs for MS-13 or other gangs, and they say that several of those tattoos are commonly used by people unaffiliated with gangs.
We rate the statement Pants on Fire!
Trump said Abrego Garcia "had ‘MS-13’ on his knuckles tattooed. … He had ‘MS’ as clear as you can be. Not 'interpreted.’"
The figures M, S, 1 and 3 and the words below the symbols don’t appear in other photographs of Abrego Garcia’s hand, including one shared by the Salvadoran government.
Experts in MS-13 and other gangs say the pictorial tattoos shown are not typical designs for MS-13 or other gangs, and they say that several of those tattoos are commonly used by people unaffiliated with gangs.
We rate the statement Pants on Fire!
