Dems Go To Bat For Due Process

What A Day

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador Wednesday to push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who the U.S. government wrongfully deported to a Salvadoran super prison last month. While the administration continues to dig in on its allegations the Salvadoran national was a gang member, courts are also showing their willingness to challenge the White House’s claims. On Wednesday, a federal judge found probable cause to find Trump Administration officials in criminal contempt of court over sending Venezuelans to the same maximum security prison in El Salvador where Abrego Garcia is currently being held. New York Congressman Ritchie Torres talks about why it’s important for Democrats to speak up about these cases. And in headlines: California sued the Trump administration over the president’s heavy tariffs, the Department of Justice sued Maine for allowing trans girls to compete in school sports that align with their gender identity, and Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene laughed off some financial scrutiny.

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, April 17th. I'm Aaron Ryan in for Jane Koston, and this is What a Day, the show that says, do not die potatoes for Easter. I don't care what the Atlantic magazine says is okay or how much eggs cost right now. Do not die potatoes.
0:33.2	On today's show, California sues President Donald Trump over his tariffs, and surprise, surprise, Georgia rep Marjorie Taylor Green made some green of her own off Trump's tariff flip-flop.
0:39.4	But first, let's talk about immigration. On Wednesday, Maryland Democratic Senator Chris Van
0:44.6	Holland traveled to El Salvador to push for the release of Kilmar Obrigo Garcia. He's the
0:50.0	Maryland man who the government wrongfully deported to a Salvadoran super prison last month,
0:54.9	alleging, despite paper-thin evidence, that he's a member of the gang MS-13.
0:59.9	Van Hollen held a press conference after meeting with El Salvador's vice president.
1:03.7	He said the Salvadoran officials denied his request to see or speak with Obrego-Garcia.
1:08.3	He also forcefully disputed the White House's story about him.
1:12.2	I want to emphasize that President Trump and our attorney general Pam Bondi and the vice
1:17.8	president of the United States are lying when they say that Abrago Garcia has been charged
1:26.7	with a crime or as part of MS-13.
1:28.9	That is a lie.
1:30.3	Van Hollen said he asked the Salvadoran Vice President why the country was continuing to hold
1:34.4	Abregio Garcia in a maximum security prison known as Seacot, if neither the U.S. nor El Salvador
1:40.7	has evidence he's actually committed a crime.
1:43.9	And his answer was that the Trump administration is paying El Salvador, the government of El Salvador,
1:55.3	to keep him at Seacot.
1:59.5	Paying them, paying them with what money?
2:01.4	Taxpayer money?
2:02.2	Hmm, seems like a little bit of a waste.
2:04.5	But anyway, back in the U.S., the administration continued to dig in.
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