Noem accuses CBS of ‘deceptively’ editing interview about Abrego Garcia
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticized CBS News for omitting details about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal acts, including human smuggling, assault, and child exploitation.
- On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared on CBS's Face The Nation to defend deportation efforts involving Kilmar Abrego Garcia, while CBS excised nearly 30 seconds from her answer, omitting her detailed accusations and leading Noem to criticize the edit as a whitewash.
- The Department of Homeland Security moved earlier this month to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after a court order blocked his return to El Salvador, but last week U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis put the deportation on hold pending a hearing.
- A federal grand jury in Tennessee recently indicted Kilmar Abrego Garcia on conspiracy and unlawful transportation counts; he is held in an ICE detention center in Virginia pending human smuggling trial.
- Facing intense backlash, CBS News released the full interview on YouTube hours before Secretary Kristi Noem's critique on X, drawing comparisons to a $16 million settlement last month.
- The episode adds to scrutiny of CBS amid earlier editing controversies, as critics say the cut deprived viewers of key facts shaping views on immigration enforcement and public safety, intensifying political pressure following President Donald Trump's attacks on media editing.
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Kristi Noem accuses CBS of ‘shamefully’ editing her interview on Kilmar Abrego Garcia to ‘whitewash’ MS-13 gang affiliation
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem went on a tirade against CBS News on Sunday over allegations the network edited her interview about alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal migrant that theTrump administration deported to El Salvador earlier this year.

Noem: CBS ‘Shamefully’ Edited Interview About Abrego Garcia
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says CBS News "shamefully" edited its interview with her about Kilmar Abrego Garcia. "This morning, I joined CBS to report the facts about Kilmar Abrego Garcia," Noem said in a statement. "Instead, CBS shamefully edited the interview to whitewash the truth about this MS-13 gang member and the threat he poses to American public safety." Specifically, CBS "cut nearly four minutes of her 16-minute, 40-second …
DHS Secretary Rips CBS News' "Shameful" Editing Of Interview About MS-13 Gang Member
Noem releases unedited interview portion, alleging CBS “whitewashed” criminal background of individual at center of deportation case. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has publicly accused CBS News of “shamefully” editing an interview to remove her statements about the alleged criminal background of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an individual at the center of a […] DHS Secretary Rips CBS News’ “Shameful” Editing Of Interview Ab…
Another CBS Edit to Lie to America: This Time With Kristi Noem ⋆ Conservative Firing Line
The following article, Another CBS Edit to Lie to America: This Time With Kristi Noem, was first published on Conservative Firing Line. Yesterday, August 31, a CBS Edit reveals the extreme leftwing bias of the network. It’s time to revoke their FCC license. During an interview with DHS secretary Kristi Noem about Kilmar Garcia, CBS deceptively edited her response to remove the salient facts about his MS-13 membership and other important informat…
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