Eric Swalwell Blasts Kristi Noem For 'Bulls**t' Over Abrego Garcia Tattoo Pic
Source: Huff Post
May 14, 2025, 06:12 PM EDT
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem repeatedly dodged basic questions as Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif) pressed her on Wednesday about obvious edits to a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s tattoos. “Madam Secretary, I have a 7-year-old, a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old. I have a bullshit detector. I’m just asking you: Is this doctored or not doctored?” asked Swalwell during a Homeland Security committee hearing.
The picture — which President Donald Trump notably flashed in the Oval Office before insisting it was the real deal — shows the characters “M,” “S,” “1” and “3” digitally added to a photo of tattoos on the knuckles of the Maryland man, who was mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran prison.
“Madam Secretary, you agree that the letters ‘MS’ and the number 13 in Times Roman Numeral font, that they are doctored on this photo, right?” asked Swalwell, who emphasized that he wanted to put the matter “to rest” moments earlier.
“Congressman, Abrego Garcia —,” Noem began before Swalwell interjected. “No, no, I’m just asking about this — this photo,” Swalwell said. Noem’s efforts to dodge questions on the snap arrive in the same week that the Trump administration reportedly told a court overseeing Abrego Garcia’s case that it’s working to release him from Salvadoran custody.
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