Trump Appears Unaware Supreme Court Ruled 9-0 Against Him: ‘That’s Not What My People Told Me’

President Donald Trump claims his lawyers have told him that the Supreme Court’s ruling on Kilmar Abrego Garcia does not mean he needs to bring back the man accidentally deported to an El Salvador megaprison.

In an interview with TIME, the president was asked about the Supreme Court’s 9-0 order telling the administration to facilitate Garcia’s return. The administration has maintained that Garcia is an MS-13 gang member despite no prior convictions and their admission that he was sent to El Salvador by mistake.

Asked if he’s “disobeying” the Supreme Court, Trump said, “That’s not what my people told me — they didn’t say it was, they said it was — the nine to nothing was entirely different.”

The ruling orders the government to “facilitate and effectuate the return of [Abrego Garcia] to the United States by no later than 11:59 PM on Monday, April 7.”

“I leave that to my lawyers,” Trump said when asked if he is actively

facilitating Garcia’s return. “I give them no instructions. They feel that the order said something very much different from what you’re saying. But I leave that to my lawyers. If they want — and that would be Attorney General of the United States and the people that represent the country. I don’t make that decision.”

Trump went on to say that El Salvador President Nayib Bukele will not return Garcia, but he said he has not directly asked him and he would not do so unless his advisers told him to.

The president doubled down on calling Garcia a gang member and accused critics of making him “look like a saint.” Abrego Garcia is an illegal migrant who was living in Maryland for more than a decade. Asked about Garcia deserving a day in court before being labeled a gang member, Trump again pushed responsibility to his lawyers.

“That’s not my determination. It’s something that, frankly, bringing him back and retrying him wouldn’t bother me, but I leave that up to my lawyer,” he said, adding his team is telling him they are in “total compliance with the Supreme Court.”