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The Latest: DHs denies Trump urged 'anything illegal'
Source: Associated Press
The Latest: DHs denies Trump urged 'anything illegal'
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Apr 13, 2019 6:51 AM
The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local):
9:20 p.m.
The Department of Homeland Security denies that President Donald Trump "indicated, asked, directed or pressured" Kevin McAleenan to do anything illegal.
Last week Trump urged his soon-to-be acting homeland security secretary to seal the southern border and told McAleenan he would pardon him if he were to find himself in trouble for blocking legal asylum-seekers. That's according to two people familiar with the conversation who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a private exchange.
It was not clear whether the president was joking, and a Homeland Security spokesman said in a statement: "At no time has the president indicated, asked, directed or pressured the acting secretary to do anything illegal."
The reported conversation came during the president's trip last week to Calexico, California.
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By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Apr 13, 2019 6:51 AM
The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local):
9:20 p.m.
The Department of Homeland Security denies that President Donald Trump "indicated, asked, directed or pressured" Kevin McAleenan to do anything illegal.
Last week Trump urged his soon-to-be acting homeland security secretary to seal the southern border and told McAleenan he would pardon him if he were to find himself in trouble for blocking legal asylum-seekers. That's according to two people familiar with the conversation who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a private exchange.
It was not clear whether the president was joking, and a Homeland Security spokesman said in a statement: "At no time has the president indicated, asked, directed or pressured the acting secretary to do anything illegal."
The reported conversation came during the president's trip last week to Calexico, California.
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-pelosi-plan-immigrants-disrespectful-62358768
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