White House: This Is Who'd Be Sent To A Reopened Alcatraz

At her press briefing on Thursday, Karoline Leavitt discussed who would be sent to Alcatraz.

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00:00I would defer to her.

00:00And the other question for you is on Bondi and Burgum's trip today to Alcatraz.

00:04I'm curious what the funding is going to look like for that

00:08and who the president does want to see incarcerated there if it were to become.

00:13Sure. Well, this was an idea of the president.

00:16He spoke about it in May, and he directed his administration

00:20to review a reopening plan for Alcatraz if it is possible,

00:24which is why the attorney general and the secretary of interior have traveled there today.

00:28They are touring the site.

00:31And if the Alcatraz prison is reopened, it would be under the purview of the Bureau of Prisons.

00:38And the secretary of interior also would play a big role in this as well.

00:42So they're there to review the site today, and I'm sure you'll hear more from them on it later.

00:45And just to follow up, Libby, on who the president wants to see housed in Alcatraz,

00:50the worst of the worst criminals in this country,

00:53both American criminals who convict heinous crimes,

00:57but also illegal alien criminals before deportation as well.

01:01Go ahead.

01:03Go ahead.

01:04Go ahead.