President Donald Trump acknowledged in an interview Tuesday that he “could” secure the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador, but insisted that the deported man is a “tough cookie” and not the “gentleman” he’s being portrayed as in the media.
“The person that you’re talking about, you know, you’re making this person sound — this is an MS-13 gang member, a tough cookie, been in lots of skirmishes, beat the hell out of his wife, and the wife was petrified to even talk about him, OK?” Trump told ABC News anchor and senior national correspondent Terry Moran in an interview marking his 100th day in office. “This is not an innocent, wonderful gentleman from Maryland.”
Trump’s comments about Abrego Garcia, who an administration lawyer said in court was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, came after Moran asked him what he is doing to comply with a Supreme Court order that the administration must facilitate the Salvadoran national’s return to the United States.
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