Trump demands probe of wrong mayor over ICE raid tip-off

Published June 22, 2018 8:26pm ET



President Trump called for an investigation of the wrong mayor Friday, suggesting that San Diego’s mayor be probed for tipping off suspected illegal immigrants about a looming raid — a warning actually issued by Oakland’s mayor.

The context of Trump’s Friday afternoon remarks made clear that he was denouncing Libby Schaaf, the Democratic mayor of Oakland, rather than San Diego’s Republican Mayor Kevin Faulconer.

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