Solicitor general tells Supreme Court he misstated date of Trump’s comments on travel ban

Solicitor General Noel Francisco notified the Supreme Court on Tuesday that he misstated what date President Trump made it “crystal clear” that his travel ban had nothing to do with a campaign promise to ban Muslims.

Francisco told the court in a letter Tuesday that he meant to say the statement came on Jan. 25, 2017, in an ABC interview that is cited in the government’s briefs — not on “September 25th,” as he said in oral arguments last week.