White House Press Secretary Accused of Lying About Deportee’s Criminal Ties

WASHINGTON, D.C. — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt faced serious allegations during a Wednesday press briefing, where she was accused of making false claims about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a man wrongly deported from Maryland. Leavitt attempted to associate Garcia with the heinous rape and murder of a Maryland woman, inviting the victim’s daughter to speak about her mother’s tragic ordeal.

Leavitt made her controversial remarks the same day that the convicted murderer was found guilty of multiple charges including first-degree murder and rape. During the briefing, Leavitt declared, “He will never live in the United States again,” asserting Garcia’s perceived threat to society.

Co-hosts of The New Abnormal podcast, Danielle Moodie and Andy Levy, responded critically to Leavitt’s statements, questioning her Christian values in light of her allegations against Garcia. “She gets up there, and, with a cross around her neck, she lies. She violates the ninth commandment about not bearing false witness,” Levy stated.

Levy further emphasized that Leavitt’s repeated claims regarding Garcia’s alleged membership in the MS-13 gang are unfounded. “She says over and over again that Garcia was a member of the MS-13 gang. This was not a finding of an immigration court,” he noted.

In a subsequent segment, MSNBC analyst Eddie Glaude, Jr. addressed the deep-rooted racism in American society that he believes obscures such issues. “Racism has become America’s blindspot,” he stated, linking to the broader implications of Garcia’s case and its reflection on U.S. immigration policies.

Legal scholar Andy Craig also weighed in, highlighting the Trump administration’s refusal to return Garcia to the U.S. as a breach of established law. “They could grab political opponents off the streets, ship them off to El Salvador, admit openly this was illegal, and then say, ‘Well, there’s nothing we can do about it,’” Craig said, voicing concern over the potential precedent set by Garcia’s deportation.

The controversy surrounding Leavitt’s statements and Garcia’s deportation continues to stir conversations about the administration’s immigration practices and their ethical implications.