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Trump says "I don't know, I'm not a lawyer" when asked if everyone is entitled to due process

By Kiki Intarasuwan / CBS News
May 4, 2025 / 10:02 PM EDT / CBS News

President Trump said he doesn't know if everyone in the U.S., citizens or non-citizens, is entitled to due process — the constitutional command stated in both the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendment.

"I don't know. I'm not, I'm not a lawyer. I don't know," Mr. Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press" after she asked him whether he agreed that everyone on U.S. soil is entitled to due process in the court of law.

When asked by Welker in the interview aired Sunday if he thinks he has to uphold the Constitution as president, Mr. Trump also said, "I don't know."

"I have to respond by saying again, and I have brilliant lawyers that work for me, and they are going to obviously follow what the Supreme Court said," Mr. Trump said.

His comments come as he discussed the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the El Salvadoran native who is married to a U.S. citizen and was living in Maryland before the Trump administration mistakenly deported him in March. Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted in a court filing that the deportation of the Baltimore father was an "administrative error" and an "oversight."

Last month, a federal judge and the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia to the U.S., but Abrego Garcia remains in a detention facility in Santa Ana, El Salvador, after spending almost a month at the country's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). ...

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Romanian PM resigns and pulls out of coalition after nationalist vote win

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Marcel Ciolacu told his colleagues their government had no credibility after presidential elections.
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Trump to announce DC will host 2027 NFL draft

  • News source: Mark Segraves, News4 Reporter and NBC Washington
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President Donald Trump plans to announce Monday that D.C. will host the 2027 NFL draft, as first reported by Axios and confirmed by NBC News.

The goal is to hold the 2027 NFL draft on the National Mall, according to a source familiar with the plans.

Trump is expected to make the announcement alongside NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris and other Commanders executives.

According to the president's official schedule, he is planning to make a "sports announcement" at 1 p.m. in the Oval Office.

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Deadline looms allowing left-wing court to select US attorney as state AGs urge confirmation of Trump pick

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: Twenty-two state attorneys general sent a letter to Senate leaders on Monday urging lawmakers to swiftly confirm President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, ahead of a May 20 deadline, when judges on a court led by Trump-antagonist Judge James Boasberg could select a temporary replacement.

"To put it bluntly, the District of Columbia is broken. And four years of corruption, mismanagement, and derelictions of duty in the U.S. Attorney’s Office under President Biden’s...
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Trump says he had ‘productive’ call with Turkey’s Erdogan about Russia-Ukraine war, Gaza

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump on Monday said he held a "productive" call with Turkish President Recep Erdogan on a range of topics, including the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Trump shared details of the call in a post on his TRUTH Social platform.

"I just had a very good and productive telephone conversation with the President of Turkey, Recep Erdoğan, concerning many subjects, including the War with Russia/Ukraine, all things Syria, Gaza, and more," Trump wrote.

The president added that he is looking forward to working with Erdogan to end the...
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Trump says non-US movies to be hit with 100% tariffs

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The president blamed foreign-made movies for the American film industry's "very fast death".
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NZ airport to remove Hobbit-themed eagle sculptures

  • News source: BBC News - World
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For more than a decade, the giant eagles have cast a watchful eye over visitors at Wellington Airport.
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Popemobile to become health clinic for Gaza children

  • News source: BBC News - World
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One of the famous vehicles is being refitted as a frontline clinic on wheels, following a request by the late pontiff.
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Peru kidnapping leaves 13 dead in gold mine

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Miners were kidnapped and killed in a Peruvian gold mine after a confrontation with a criminal gang.
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Mexican mayor arrested over alleged links to cartel training camp

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The mayor of Teuchitlán is suspected of colluding with the New Generation Jalisco Cartel, which he denies.
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Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison

  • News source: BBC News - World
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President Trump says the famous island prison off San Francisco is to be reopened to house "ruthless and violent" offenders.
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Rwanda 'in discussions' with US to receive deported migrants: report

  • News source: FOX News
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Rwanda is reportedly "in discussions with the United States" to receive migrants deported by the Trump administration.

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe told state broadcaster Rwanda TV on Sunday that the East African country "has not yet reached a stage where we can say exactly how things will proceed, but the talks are ongoing ... still in the early stages," according to Reuters. "We are in discussions with the United States."

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'MOGE' audit uncovers nonprofits' 'incredibly wasteful' spending of taxpayer funds: state official

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EXCLUSIVE: An audit by Mississippi state auditor Shad White found several instances of "incredibly wasteful" expenditures of state HIV/AIDS grants, as President Donald Trump has been criticized for cutting similar funding via the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

White said his report shows funds meant for HIV/AIDS issues were spent by some recipients on a "Queer-ceanara" – a "Latinx pride month event" based off the Spanish term "Quinceañera" for a girl’s 15th birthday celebration.

"We've been following the model that President Trump and...
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Democrat Hank Johnson draws Holocaust comparison while blasting deportations

  • News source: FOX News
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House Judiciary Committee member Hank Johnson, R-Ga., made waves when he made allusions to the Holocaust while obliquely criticizing the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the arrest of Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan.

Johnson was speaking during a Wednesday committee markup meeting when he began paraphrasing German preacher Martin Niemöller’s confession as someone who once supported the Nazi Party until it was too late to object to its mounting atrocities.

"You know, first, they came for the Latinos outside of the Home Depots, trying to get work...
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Red state school district slapped with complaint to Trump admin alleging unlawful DEI practices

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: A pro-Trump legal nonprofit is asking for the U.S. Department of Education to investigate an Ohio school district that the group says is pushing an "unlawful" DEI agenda and violating federal anti-discrimination law.

The complaint from America First Legal alleges that the Upper Arlington School District in Columbus, Ohio has implemented DEI policies dating back to 2020 and cites material from the district’s own website.

"In June 2020, during the height of the Black Lives Matter riots, the Upper Arlington School Board, like many...
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GOP leaders find new major holiday deadline for Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' amid Medicaid, tax divisions

  • News source: FOX News
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Some Republican leaders are hoping they can pass a massive bill codifying President Donald Trump's agenda into federal law by the Fourth of July.

It means the sweeping policy overhaul could reach Trump’s desk for a signature by the 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding.

"I’ve said all along, my goal is, is for the president to sign this one big, beautiful bill on July 4th," House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., told "Fox News Sunday."

It comes as House Republicans struggle to reconcile differences on clean energy and...
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