US President Donald Trump said he would not have any personal objection against the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States in legal proceedings, but insisted that the decision was to his lawyers. “Bringing him back and repetition would not bother me, but I would leave it to my lawyer,” Trump told Time in an extensive interview on the reaction of his administration at the Supreme Court’s order.
Denies the defiance of the Supreme Court’s decision
Trump advocated his solution to the case after the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the US must facilitate the release of Abrego Garcia, Maryland’s man unauthorized deported Salvador.
Asked if he resisted the court, Trump replied, “Well, that’s not what my people told me – they said nine to nothing was something completely different.”
He stressed that the matter is in the hands of his lawyers: “I leave it to my lawyers. I don’t give them any instructions.”
No direct requirement for bukes
Trump admitted whether he personally asked President Salvadorana Nayib Bukele to release Abrego Garcia, Trump admitted that he did not: “No, Uh, said no.”
“I didn’t ask him positively, but he said he didn’t do it,” Trump added, suggesting that there would be no direct communication in terms of the Supreme Court’s order.
When Trump asked how it fulfilled the requirement to “facilitate” the release of Garcia, he replied: “I was not asked to ask my lawyers. No one asked me to ask him, except you.”
Trump’s questions Abrego Garcia background
Trump also challenged the character of Abrego Garcia and described him as dangerous: “It was MS-13. He was a wife and had a lot of things that were very bad, you know, very, very, very bad.”
Trump said the media coverage was initially distorted by Abbrego Garcia as “a nice, amazing man from Maryland”, but he added, “No one believes it now.”
He compared the controversy to the political questions that the Democrats were pushing, “I think this is another sports thing for democrats.”
Respect for the courts
Despite the criticism of Trump, he insisted that he was determined to comply with the court decision. Trump asked about his constitutional oath to observe the powers of the Supreme Court, and said, “I do not give in to the Supreme Court. I have never resisted the Supreme Court.
When Trump asked about compliance with the decisions of the lower courts, he replied simply: “Sure. All the courts.”
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