But his liberal allies at the American Civil Liberties Union, the New York Times, and ABC News explained that, in fact, the stories of negotiated payments to illegal immigrants are true — and that maybe he didn't remember or his team didn't tell him.

The Wall Street Journal revealed one week ago that the Biden administration was in talks to offer $450,000 per person to immigrant families separated during the Trump years.

The U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services, the Journal said, were working "to resolve lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who say the government subjected them to lasting psychological trauma" and were considering payments that could total around $1 million per family.