Media Offenders

Zack Stanton

  • OUTLET

    REPORTER

    CLAIM

    Playbook: Trump’s crackdown hits Washington

    CATEGORY

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    THE OFFENSE

    Politico’s Playbook newsletter attempted to portray an illegal immigrant arrested by federal law enforcement as an innocent “moped driver.”

    THE TRUTH

    The “moped driver” was an illegal alien criminal from Venezuela with suspected gang affiliation and an active final order of removal from the country. Upon his arrest, the illegal alien criminal resisted arrest and a law enforcement officer suffered a concussion as a result.

    KEY POINTS

    • Politico intentionally mischaracterized a criminal illegal alien as a “moped driver.”

    SOURCES

    • Playbook: Trump’s crackdown hits Washington
    • Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's Statement