Trump, Noem Vow To Prosecute Cnn For Reporting On Ice App, Iran Strike

President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said they are looking astatine prosecuting CNN for their reporting connected an app that reportedly allows users to way ICE agents. 

"Yeah, we’re moving pinch nan Department of Justice to spot if we tin prosecute them for that," Noem said Tuesday during a sojourn to "Alligator Alcatraz," a migrant detention installation conscionable opened successful nan Everglades. 

"Because what they’re doing is actively encouraging group to debar rule enforcement activities, operations, and we’re going to really spell aft them and prosecute pinch nan business of Pam [Bondi] if we can, because what they are doing we judge is illegal," Noem added. 

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President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem opportunity they are looking astatine prosecuting CNN for their reporting connected an app that reportedly allows users to way ICE agents. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty)

Trump chimed in, but much to aerial his vexation over recent CNN reporting, where he called some CNN and The New York Times "fake news" for their stories astir nan strikes connected Iranian atomic facilities. 

"And they whitethorn very good beryllium prosecuted besides for having fixed mendacious reports connected nan onslaught successful Iran," Trump said. "They were fixed wholly mendacious reports. It was wholly obliterated. And our group person to beryllium celebrated, not travel location and say, ‘What do you mean we didn’t deed nan target?’ We deed nan target quickly. You know, nan pilots came home, they said we deed nan target quickly. So they whitethorn very good beryllium prosecuted for that. What they did there, we think, is wholly illegal."

On Monday, CNN’s Clare Duffy published a story connected nan app, entitled, "‘I wanted to do thing to conflict back’: This iPhone app alerts users to adjacent ICE sightings." 

The communicative features tech worker Joshua Aaron and says that nan app, called ICEBlock, "is designed for a very different purpose: to fto users alert group adjacent to sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents successful their area."

Border Czar Tom Homan criticized nan app Monday that is reportedly being used to way ICE agents during an question and reply connected "The Will Cain Show."

"They've crossed nan statement here, this is retired of control," Homan said. "I cognize it's conscionable simply disgusting, and immoderate web that covers that is disgusting… So I'm hoping DOJ steps successful present and spot if they transverse that statement of impeding national rule enforcement officers." 

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Border Czar Tom Homan criticized nan ICEBlock app Monday that is reportedly being used to way ICE agents during an question and reply connected "The Will Cain Show." (C-SPAN)

He added that nan app is contributing to a dispute cognition toward rule enforcement. 

"Assault Against ICE is up complete 500%," Homan said. "Now you've sewage an app that's going to show wherever ICE operations are going to. It's only a matter of clip earlier ICE agents are ambushed by immoderate nut, for illustration what happened successful L.A., throwing them retired a cocktail, throwing bricks astatine these officers. This is conscionable disgusting astatine each level." 

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan White House and CNN for comment. 

In a connection to Fox News Digital, CNN appeared to stock a connection they besides posted connected X, saying, "This is an app that is publically disposable to immoderate iPhone personification who wants to download it. There is thing forbidden astir reporting nan beingness of this aliases immoderate different app, nor does specified reporting represent promotion aliases different endorsement of nan app by CNN."

Both Noem and Trump said critically of nan ICEBlock app Tuesday during a sojourn to "Alligator Alcatraz," a migrant detention installation conscionable opened successful nan Everglades. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) (Getty)

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