Overview
- The erroneous graphic identified Victor Manuel Carranza as a child sex offender, though White House materials list his convictions as larceny and identity theft.
- The post was part of a Jan. 26 thread touting Minnesota arrests to the White House’s 3.6 million followers and had at least 257,000 views before deletion.
- A White House official acknowledged the mistake, said the error was corrected, and declined to offer an apology.
- Names and alleged offenses for those featured, including Carranza, also appeared in a Jan. 27 Department of Homeland Security press release.
- The episode follows other disputed or manipulated enforcement posts, including an altered image of activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, which a deputy communications official publicly defended.