Kristi Noem Accuses CBS News Of Editing Her Interview To ‘Whitewash The Truth’ About Abrego Garcia

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem shared the full portion from her interview on Sunday to show that CBS News cut out her statements about alleged MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s criminal background.

Noem posted the full portion of her remarks about Garcia on X, where she stated on “Face the Nation” that Garcia had ties to MS-13, engaged in human smuggling, solicited nude photographs from minors and allegedly beat his wife. The cable news broadcast version of the interview does not include Noem mentioning Garcia’s criminal past.

“This morning, I joined CBS to report the facts about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Instead, CBS shamefully edited the interview to whitewash the truth about this MS-13 gang member and the threat he poses to American public safety. Watch for the part of my interview that @CBS tried to cover up,” Noem wrote on X.

CBS News cut out 26 seconds from Noem’s answer to only include her statement about President Donald Trump’s administration fight to ensure that Garcia does not get released back into the U.S.

“This individual was a known human smuggler, a MS-13 gang member, an individual who was a wife-beater, and someone who was so perverted that he solicited nude photos from minors. And even his fellow human traffickers told him to knock it off, he was so sick in what he was doing and how he was treating small children,” Noem said in her full answer.

In the edited version, the segment immediately skipped to CBS News White House correspondent Ed O’Keefe asking whether the administration will continue its effort to deport Garcia to Uganda.

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