Scott Dworkin
Role at the time: Co-founder of the Democratic Coalition, in a post on X
Condemned
Response to this claim
Jeury Concepcion was not arrested by ICE.
“Jeury Concepcion is a US citizen. He was walking to a barbershop. He left with stitches in his head and a government statement saying he "was NOT arrested by ICE." The judge's ruling says otherwise, by name.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Scott Dworkin's post on the Almonte ruling (X)Full post, October 9, 2026
Post on Scott Dworkin's own X account about Jeury Concepcion and the October 5 ruling.
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether ICE agents falsified records and testimony to justify the arrests of Almonte and Concepcion. Dworkin contrasts the government's statement that Concepcion "was NOT arrested by ICE" with the ruling, which he says "says otherwise, by name." That treats the government's account as false, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged characterization, which would fit a dispute over wording alone; he faults the government's account of the arrest.