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cbabe

(6,378 posts)
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 11:44 AM 10 hrs ago

White House admits to wrongly accusing man of child sex crimes in shocking error

https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-2675082319/

White House admits to wrongly accusing man of child sex crimes in shocking error

Nicole Charky-Chami
February 4, 2026 11:28AM ET



In a now deleted post on the White House X account, it had listed “worst of the worst” immigrants arrested in Minnesota and shared an image of alleged undocumented immigrants, The Daily Beast reported. One of the suspects featured on the post was Victor Manuel Carranza. Carranza, who is a Honduran national convicted of larceny and identity theft, was falsely accused by the White House of having committed child sex crimes.

After NOTUS pointed out the apparent errors, the White House deleted the images from an erroneous post on Jan. 26.

"The White House’s X account has 3.6 million followers — prior to deletion, the post had been viewed at least 257,000 times," NOTUS reported. "The graphics were shared by other X users and at least two news organizations. And although a White House official acknowledged the error, they said they will continue to post about individual arrests."

The Trump administration has not issued an apology — and has no plans to do so.

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White House admits to wrongly accusing man of child sex crimes in shocking error (Original Post) cbabe 10 hrs ago OP
Projection is SOP for this criminal administration Attilatheblond 10 hrs ago #1
Everyone running his X account should be sued. Ilsa 10 hrs ago #2
So they are publicizing arrests, not convictions? MadameButterfly 10 hrs ago #3

Ilsa

(64,018 posts)
2. Everyone running his X account should be sued.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:09 PM
10 hrs ago

Suing him gets you nowhere. If the writers and posters to his accounts are sued, they might stop this stupid crap.

MadameButterfly

(3,854 posts)
3. So they are publicizing arrests, not convictions?
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:23 PM
10 hrs ago

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?
OK. I know.
But lack of due process isn't enough for them. They have to also humiliate. Make sure the damage is irreversible.
Clearly this is the thinking of a malignant narcissist.

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