The White House doubles down on claims Kilmar Ábrego García was in a gang, which his lawyer denies.

The White House has dug in on its refusal to return a man who US officials have acknowledged was wrongly deported last month from Maryland to an El Salvador mega-prison.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on accusations that Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García was a member of the MS-13 gang, which his lawyer denies.

Leavitt also accused the 29-year-old of domestic violence, citing records showing his US citizen wife once filed a protective order against him.

A Maryland judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to bring Mr Ábrego García back to the US. But El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said on a visit to the White House this week that he did not “have the power” to return him.

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago
    1. USA is the world’s only superpower, and puts military bases around the world
    2. Saudi Arabia is one of the countries with military bases
    3. A Saudi man is angry with US military bases in his country
    4. That Saudi man executes a plan to crash airplanes into American skyscrapers
    5. USA invokes NATO’s article 5, the one and only time it has ever been invoked

    I’m not sure that the famous US military is keeping Americans safe. Crazy as it may be, sometimes a big military makes you a target.