Trump says he thinks the government has a 'very easy case' against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Trump said that it wasn’t his decision to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, back to the U.S. to face federal charges.

President Donald Trump on Saturday said that it wasn’t his decision to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, back to the U.S. to face federal charges, saying the “Department of Justice decided to do it that way, and that’s fine.”

“That wasn’t my decision,” Trump said of Abrego Garcia’s return in a phone call with NBC News on Saturday.

“It should be a very easy case” for federal prosecutors, the president added.

Trump added that he did not speak with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele about Abrego Garcia’s return, even though the two men spoke about Abrego Garcia during an April meeting in the Oval Office.

His remarks came after Abrego Garcia arrived back in the U.S. on Friday and was charged in an indictment alleging he transported people who were not legally in the country.