“Kilmar Armado Abrego-Garcia “was a convicted MS-13 gang member.”
JD Vance
Claim dated 1 Apr 2025.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
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JD Vance made this claim around 1 April 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 April 2025, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
JD Vance has 38 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 21 of them false or fake, 16 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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