Overview
- Speaking at the White House on the one-year mark of his second term, the president displayed ICE mugshots from Minnesota raids and likened the detainees to outlaw bikers.
- He then praised the Hells Angels, saying they voted for him and protected him, after initially invoking the group to depict migrants as dangerous.
- Law enforcement agencies including the U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, the Australian Federal Police, and Europol classify the Hells Angels as an organized crime group.
- Coverage notes he provided no dates or locations for any alleged protection or support from the motorcycle club.
- Data cited in the reporting indicates about five percent of migrants detained by his administration have violent criminal convictions.