Caroline Lovett (White House press secretary / excerpt)

An illegal alien from Laos was arrested for murder, robbery, and felony possession of a firearm.

An illegal alien from Guatemala who was arrested for rape and burglary.

An illegal alien from El Salvador who was arrested for strangulation, DUI, and burglary.

An illegal alien from Mexico who was arrested for attempted murder.

The Democrats open border policies allowed these threats into our country, and then they provided them with free health care.

The president and Republicans, through the one big, beautiful bill, implemented a common sense reform to end this fraudulent scheme.

Look, again, with any construction project, changes come.

And we have informed all of you.

We've been keeping you apprised of this project.

We've shown you the renderings.

And if you look at the renderings, it's very clear the East Wing was going to be modernized.

In fact, I said that in the briefing when we initially introduced this plan to all of you and to the public.

I would respond and say the President is exercising his constitutional authority to grant clemency requests.

And the President and the White House have a very thorough examination of every pardon request that comes to the President's desk.

It is thoroughly reviewed by the White House Counsel Office and I spoke with our great White House Counsel about the pardon after it happened.

This was an overly prosecuted case by the Biden administration.

Even the judge in the case admitted that the Biden administration was pursuing a

egregious over sentencing of this individual.