“A TD has said that the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration could add to political pressure for the US to deport George Gibney, the former Olympic swimming coach accused of raping children.
Maureen O’Sullivan, an independent Dublin Central TD, said she would write to Dianne Feinstein, a US senator, and Jackie Speier, a congresswoman, to find out why Mr Gibney was allowed to stay in the US in 2010, despite being denied citizenship and allegedly trying to hide from immigration officials the 27 charges against him in Ireland.
Ms O’Sullivan said that the American political climate after President Trump’s attempts to stem immigration could make it an ‘opportune’ time.”
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