By Katherine Tinsley
2:03pm PDT, May 5, 2025
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"If the Justice Department can prove [he's MS-13], that might turn the Supreme Court to another ruling because, you'll remember, that President [Donald] Trump signed an executive order designating MS-13, the Venezuelan gang, and the drug cartels in Mexico as terrorist organizations," Bill O'Reilly argued on a recent episode of No Spin News.
"Therefore, the president has total control over what to do with any of them. He can kill them. He can order them killed," he continued.
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Donald Trump's administration previously branded Kilmar Abrego Garcia's unjust deportation an "error."
"President Trump believes he's got some tattoos on his fingers that say he is [affiliated with MS-13]. The Justice Department is not using that tattoo thing in its petition against Garcia," Bill O'Reilly said. "That tells me they don't have it. The president wants to believe, again, that Garcia's got tattoos saying he's MS-13, but if the Justice Department had that, it would have already been out."
"The odds are the tattoo thing is not going to be used in evidence against Garcia," he continued.
He then criticized Democrats turning Abrego Garcia into a martyr figure, noting that just because he was wrongfully deported "doesn't mean he's not MS-13."
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The Supreme Court ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must return to the U.S. after he was stripped of his right to due process. However, Donald Trump and his administration have made it clear they're ignoring the order to bring back the Maryland resident.
While on Meet the Press on Sunday, May 4, Kristen Welker asked the president about Abrego Garcia's return.
"Just to put a fine point on this, do you have the power to bring Abrego Garcia back as the Supreme Court has ordered?" Welker asked.
"Well, I have the power to ask for him to come back if I'm instructed by the attorney general that it's legal to do so," Trump stated. "But the decision as to whether or not he should come back will be the head of El Salvador [President Nayib Bukele]."
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ABC News' Terry Moran asked Donald Trump about Kilmar Abrego Garcia in a Tuesday, April 29, interview: "You could get him back. There's a phone on this desk," Moran said.
"I could," Trump replied.
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"You could pick [the phone] up and with all the power of the presidency, you could call up the president of El Salvador [Nayib Bukele] and say, 'Send [Kilmar Abrego Garcia] back,'" Terry Moran suggested.
Donald Trump replied by reiterating his claims about Abrego Garcia's MS-13 affiliations: "If he were the gentleman that you say he is, I would do that. But he is not," the president said.
He then added that he's "not the one making this decision," implying it's ultimately up to Bukele.
