Marco Rubio: I'll 'never tell' a judge if Tramp requested Abrego Garcia's return

[usonian]

Baltimore Sun, paywalled but archived. https://archive.ph/aK2Je#selection-1527.4-1527.86
Syndicated at ArcaMax https://www.arcamax.com/politics/politicalnews/s-3691822

Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on a reporter’s question Wednesday about whether President Donald Trump’s administration has requested the return of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia from El Salvador.

The exchange between Rubio and ABC News correspondent Karen Travers occurred during a White House cabinet meeting. It followed Trump’s admission Tuesday that he “could” theoretically bring back Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who entered the U.S. illegally as a teenager and was deported from Maryland last month despite being granted “withholding of removal status” and legal working papers by a judge in 2019.

“Have you been in touch with El Salvador about returning Abrego Garcia? Has a formal request from this administration been made?” Travers asked Trump’s secretary of state.

“I would never tell you that. And you know who else I’d never tell? A judge,” Rubio replied. “The conduct of our foreign policy belongs to the President of the United States in the executive branch, not some judge.”

Inquiring minds want to know, Can a judge file a FOIA request?



Rubio shown displaying how he greets Trump from behind.

[C_U_L8R]

1. A judge should test Lil Marco's theory.

It would be quite amusing.

[SheltieLover]

2. Lock his ass up. He'll squeel like a little piggy.

[FadedMullet]

3. There are some truly loathsome folks in this administration, but little Marco is just pathetic.

[Skittles]

4. Trump whore

disgusting

[Irish_Dem]

5. It's like the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

The Pod People have taken over Rubio's body.

[allegorical oracle]

6. Heard him say that in the video and was really puzzled about why he was

saying it. It seemed slightly hysterical -- almost like he had to blurt it out to protect/please his boss. It sounds traitorous, imo. It says the courts aren't equal to a single man who happens to have a title, when the courts are on equal Constitutional footing. Rubio swore an oath to "protect and defend," not to keep the administration's secrets from the law.

[usonian]

7. IIRC. Trump did not have his hand on the Bible, and it looks like he crossed his fingers, as well.

Liars and traitors.

[struggle4progress]

8. He exhibits an oily contempt for habeas rights