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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

US AG Reiterates: Garcia 'Not Coming Back'

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

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3.6857 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

As today's show begins we've just received an update from US Attorney General Pam Bondi about the status of mistakenly deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Plus, we bring you explosive audio from fiery town halls where lawmakers are getting more than an earful from constituents.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening out breaking news, new comments from Attorney General Pam Bondi about the status of

0:06.9

Kilmar-Abrego-Garcia, the late reporting just coming in to the situation room. Plus, fiery town halls.

0:15.7

Stop. Are you really doing this? Are you really doing this?

0:26.6

Lawmakers getting more than an earful from constituents. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

0:30.6

I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown and you're in the Situation Room.

0:44.8

This is CNN Breaking News.

0:50.6

We begin with Breaking News, the White House underscoring its defiance of the latest court ruling over Kilmire Briego-Go Garcia, the Attorney General of the United States,

0:54.9

Pam Bondi, saying just moments ago, the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to his

1:00.6

native El Salvador, is, quote, not coming back to our country.

1:05.4

Those very strong words coming just hours after a federal judge gave the Trump administration two weeks, quote, two weeks to prove that it's working to bring him home.

1:15.8

Obrego Garcia is now housed in a notorious mega prison in El Salvador.

1:21.8

His case is a test, a flashpoint in President Tubbs' aggressive campaign to round up and deport immigrants.

1:28.3

It's a test of presidential power that has many families wondering if their loved one could be next.

1:35.3

Right now, a Democratic lawmaker is traveling to Al-Salvada to call for the release of Abrago Garcia.

1:41.3

Senator Chris Van Holland of Maryland says he also wants to confirm his

1:45.7

well-being.

1:48.5

He's never been convicted in criminal case. So when the vice president tweets out he's been

1:52.2

convicted, that's just not true. I mean, you saw why after lie after lie coming out of

1:57.4

the White House. They're gaslighting the American people on this case. So they can say what they want, but in the United States of America, at least so far, we respect the rule of law.

2:09.6

Let's go live now to CNN National Security correspondent, Kylie out, which is over at the State Department for us, us Kylie what kind of communication is going on between the two countries well

2:23.1

listen what we saw unfold earlier this week wolf was a very public demonstration

2:28.6

of the conversation that we understand the two countries are having president

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