Happy April Fools’ Day to all those who celebrate.

I’ve been too afraid to try again after a prank went wrong with my sister when we were around ages four and six. It involved dumping buckets of water on my parents’ bed 🛌 to make them think they wet the bed 😬 (sorry Mom & Dad). Note to kids: Humor is a subtle art.

Luckily, here at Mo News we give you just the facts – no pranks included. But, we did find it fun to see other people and companies participating. One of the best examples was comedian Kevin Hart's rap alter ego, Chocolate Droppa, delivering a special 'Tiny Desk' performance for April Fools’ Day.

Stay suspicious out there!

Lauren
Producer

🚨 ONE IMPORTANT THING

Inside The Accidental Deportation Of A Salvadoran Migrant, Why The U.S. Says He Can’t Come Back

Trump Justice Department lawyers acknowledged that immigration officials made an “administrative error” in accidentally deporting a Salvadoran migrant, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, in mid-March — despite previous court orders not to do so.

On Tuesday, the White House called the deportation a "clerical error," but claimed that Garcia, who was living in Maryland, was a leader of the MS-13 criminal gang and was involved in human trafficking.

WHAT ELSE IS BEING REPORTED
Garcia came to the U.S. sometime in 2011, at age 16, after fleeing gang threats in El Salvador. In 2019, he was detained outside a Home Depot with three other men, one of whom accused Garcia of being a gang member, but did not provide evidence.

• He was then handed over to ICE for deportation, but an immigration judge ultimately granted Garcia protected legal status to stay in the U.S. due to the gang threats he faced in El Salvador. The judge ruled that under no circumstances could he be sent back to his home country.

  • Under the “withholding of removal” statute, he would still be subject to an eventual deportation order but was given temporary protected status to live and work in the U.S., which he did full-time as a union sheet-metal apprentice.

• Since then, Garcia has not faced any other legal issues, according to his lawyers. He had a 5-year-old child in the U.S. with his wife, a U.S. citizen.

On March 12, Garcia was stopped by immigration agents who inaccurately informed him that his status had changed.

BACK AND FORTH
Garcia was arrested, detained, and deported when the administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act and sent three planeloads of migrants to El Salvador’s "Terrorism Confinement Center” for alleged gang affiliations.

• The 1798 law allowed the administration to deport migrants without going before a judge. Its use is currently on pause while courts figure out if the war-time authority can be legally applied to deport migrants.

• ICE officers acknowledged that they were aware of internal forms forbidding them from sending Garcia to El Salvador, and called his removal an “oversight.” Despite that, the White House says they have no intention of bringing him back to the U.S.

White House Senior Policy Strategist May Mailman defended the administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to Mo News last week, arguing the courts have no jurisdiction to second-guess the executive branch’s military and national security decisions. She also called the March deportation operation a “very robust, very well-researched” process, despite reports that some of the individuals deported may not have actually had gang ties.

The White House has not yet provided any evidence to its claims that Garcia was a leader of the MS-13 gang or participated in human trafficking. Despite admitting the error, Justice Department lawyers argue that American courts lack the jurisdiction to have him returned from his home country.

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🚨 ONE THING THAT HAS US 🤔 THINKING

Declassified JFK Files Reveal CIA Officials Tracked Oswald Before Assassination, Lied To Investigators

Tens of thousands of pages of recently declassified files regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy reveal that several CIA officials lied under oath about their knowledge of shooter Lee Harvey Oswald before he killed JFK in 1963.

Journalist and author Jefferson Morley argued to the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets Tuesday that this revelation shows "a pattern of misconduct" and malfeasance that he says leads "a new conclusion." Morley, who has appeared on the Mo News Podcast, says the newest documents show the CIA had a "culpability or complicity" in the murder of the former president.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CIA’S ROLE
Morley said that then-CIA Counterintelligence Chief James Angleton had a nearly 200-page FBI report about Lee Harvey Oswald on his desk one week BEFORE the assassination. He said Angleton then lied under oath about what the agency knew about Oswald before JFK was killed.

• Other arguments Morley made: Deputy Director of the CIA Richard Helms lied to the Warren Commission in May 1964, when claiming that the CIA had only minimal information about Oswald. CIA officer George Joannides, who oversaw the dissident Cubans in 1963, generated propaganda about Oswald's pro-Castro activities both before and after the president was killed, Morley said.

  • Joannides never told the committee investigating the assassination about his earlier role.

  • Morley said the CIA and FBI had been closely tracking Oswald and his travels and communications for several years ahead of the November 22, 1963 assassination.

In sum: Morley believes Oswald had a gun and may have shot the president that day, but does not consider Oswald the main person responsible for killing Kennedy. He says the new information released in the last month leads him to believe that there was possible CIA or Pentagon involvement in the assassination.

• He recommends securing and releasing the personnel file of Joannides and asking the CIA to provide a public statement explaining why these three men lied to JFK assassination investigators.

Bottom line: The CIA was one of the groups that convinced Trump and Biden for years not to release these files over national security concerns. Now, the question is whether we will get more details, and if they will reveal CIA incompetence or something nefarious.

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in CEO murder case (MO NEWS)

📌 Alabama can’t prosecute groups who help women travel to get an abortion, federal judge says (CNN)

📌 White House says Signal case is "closed," as investigation calls grow (AXIOS)

📌 HHS begins laying off 10,000 employees (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Woman pulled alive out of Myanmar earthquake rubble after 91 hours (ABC)

📌 China holds major war games around Taiwan as U.S. boosts ties with Japan to deter "Chinese military aggression" (AP)

📌 3-year-old girl discovers 3,800-year-old treasure during family outing in Israel (CBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Cold plunges may help your cells fight stress, new study shows (FOX)

📌 Trump to consider final TikTok proposal Wednesday, sources say (CBS)

📌 Measles cases in Texas rise to 422, state health department says (US NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Stars announced for upcoming Beatles biopics, directed by Sam Mendes (CNN)

📌 ‘The White Lotus’ season three finale is 90 Minutes, longest episode in the series (VARIETY)

📌 Women's Final Four predictions: UConn-UCLA, South Carolina-Texas (ESPN)

ICYMI FROM THE 📲

In case you missed it… Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is in the midst of a marathon speech on the Senate floor — that turned into an all-day event. At the time of publication he has been going for about 22 hours, beginning at 7 p.m. ET Monday. If he makes it to 7:20 p.m., he will hold the record for the longest Senate filibuster. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) holds the record from 1957, voicing dissent against the Civil Rights Act.

Booker warned of what he called the “grave and urgent” threat that Trump’s administration poses to democracy and the American people, pointing at spending cuts, tariffs, attempts to abolish the Department of Education, moves to bypass the judicial system, and retaliation against people who speak out against the administration.

He got assistance overnight from fellow Democratic senators who asked him questions during the marathon session to keep him going. We just hope the guy gets a bathroom break soon…