ABC World News Tonight continues to champion the cause of radical campus protesters at Columbia University and elsewhere. Tonight’s report on detained green card holder Mahmoud Khalil was the continuance of an ongoing exercise in gaslighting and propaganda.
Here is the report in its entirety, as aired on ABC World News Tonight, on Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 (click “expand” to view full transcript):
DAVID MUIR: Tonight, hundreds of supporters are demanding the release of a former Columbia grad student and pro-Palestinian activist arrested by ICE agents, saying this is an attack on free speech. His American wife, 8 months pregnant, pleading for his release tonight. The Trump administration calling him a national security threat. Here’s Aaron Katersky.
PROTESTERS: Down, down with deportation!
AARON KATERSKY: Tonight, with hundreds of protesters…
