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turbinetree

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Fri May 30, 2025, 09:44 AM May 2025

'Should be embarrassed': Trump admin slaps back as it's caught in major lie

By ProPublica
Published May 30, 2025 9:38 AM ET

The Trump administration knew that the vast majority of the 238 Venezuelan immigrants it sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador in mid-March had not been convicted of crimes in the United States before it labeled them as terrorists and deported them, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security data that has not been previously reported.

President Donald Trump and his aides have branded the Venezuelans as “rapists,” “savages,” “monsters” and “the worst of the worst.” When multiple news organizations disputed those assertions with reporting that showed many of the deportees did not have criminal records, the administration doubled down. It said that its assessment of the deportees was based on a thorough vetting process that included looking at crimes committed both inside and outside the United States.

But the government’s own data, which was obtained by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and a team of journalists from Venezuela, showed that officials knew that only 32 of the deportees had been convicted of U.S. crimes and that most were nonviolent offenses, such as retail theft or traffic violations.

https://www.rawstory.com/should-be-embarrassed-trump-admin-slaps-back-as-it-s-caught-in-major-lie/

Sounds like this gang was told to read the Mein Kampf manifesto by the head traitor and implement program..................

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'Should be embarrassed': Trump admin slaps back as it's caught in major lie (Original Post) turbinetree May 2025 OP
So despicable! Akacia May 2025 #1
Here's the Propublica article dated May 30, 2025 h2ebits May 2025 #2
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