Trump Now Claims He Didn't Sign Proclamation Invoking Alien Enemies Act

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 22 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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At a tense court hearing, a federal judge raised concerns about the Trump Administration’s use of an 18th century wartime act to deport Venezuelan migrants accused of being criminals, saying the President’s expanded use of the Alien Enemies Act could have “frightening” implications. Then, this evening, the President told reporters he didn't even sign the proclamation himself, even though his signature is at the bottom of the document from the Federal Register. Plus, John King returns to battleground Wisconsin, where once again Democrats are worried about the black voter turnout. This time, in a race just days away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.7	Good evening, everyone. I'm John King in tonight for Anderson. It was a tense and combative day in a case that is big in its own right and just one example of President Trump now testing the limits of his power.
1:13.8	More court proceedings today over that flight taking undocumented migrants out of the United States into a notorious prison in El Salvador.
1:21.7	A federal judge is demanding detailed answers.
1:24.4	He believes the White House violated his order forbidding that flight.
1:28.5	The White House is fighting back, and tonight, President Trump is changing his story about how
1:33.2	it all happened. The president weighed in on this case, get this, three times today, most
1:37.8	recently as he departed the White House this evening. In those last remarks, the president
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