Trump added that he did not speak with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele about Abrego Garcia’s return, even though the two men spoke about Abrego Garcia during an April meeting in the Oval Office.
His remarks came after Abrego Garcia arrived back in the U.S. on Friday and was charged in an indictment alleging he transported people who were not legally in the country.
After Abrego Garcia’s deportation, lawyers for the Trump administration said he was deported in an “administrative error,” as Abrego Garcia had previous legal protection from deportation to El Salvador.
Trump on Saturday called Van Hollen, who went to visit Abrego Garcia in jail in El Salvador in April, a “loser” for defending the man’s right to due process.
No, he’s a total loser, this guy.” On Friday, Attorney General Pam Bondi alleged that Abrego Garcia “was a smuggler of humans and children and women.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador, was brought back to the United States, but President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that it was not his choice. S. . to be charged at the federal level, stating that it’s okay that the “Department of Justice picked that course of action.”. “.”.
In an interview with NBC News on Saturday, Trump stated, “That wasn’t my decision,” regarding Abrego Garcia’s return.
“For federal prosecutors, it should be a very easy case,” the president continued.
Even though the two men discussed Abrego Garcia during an April meeting in the Oval Office, Trump went on to say that he did not discuss the return of Abrego Garcia with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.
Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States prompted his comments. A. on Friday and was accused in an indictment of transporting individuals who were not authorized to be in the country.
The indictment was part of a lengthy legal dispute that reached the Supreme Court over whether to bring him back from El Salvador.
Abrego Garcia has been referred to as a “family man” by his family and attorneys, but Trump and his administration have claimed that he is a member of the MS-13 gang.
The case garnered national attention in the context of the Trump administration’s larger mass deportation campaign.
Due to prior legal protection from deportation to El Salvador, attorneys for the Trump administration claimed that Abrego Garcia’s deportation was an “administrative error.”.
Despite the Supreme Court’s decision to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return to the United States, the Trump administration made no effort to bring him back. S.
Democrats, such as Sen. Van Hollen, Chris, D-Md. claimed for weeks that Abrego Garcia should have been given the opportunity to defend himself before being deported to El Salvador, claiming that he was denied due process when he was arrested and deported.
Van Hollen visited Abrego Garcia in jail in El Salvador in April, but Trump labeled him a “loser” on Saturday for opposing the man’s right to due process.
“He is a failure. He is a failure. Because of the same reason, they will lose. “People don’t want to hear that,” the president said in reference to Van Hollen. He is attempting to defend a man with a terrible history of abuse, specifically against women. No, this guy is a complete loser. “”.
Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed Friday that Abrego Garcia “was a smuggler of women, children, and humans.”. The grand jury concluded that he smuggled people across our nation on more than 100 trips. “.”.
Bondi’s action was described by Abrego Garcia’s attorney as “an abuse of power, not justice” in a statement released on Friday. “.”.
