DHS told '60 Minutes' weeks before segment aired that deported Malian national had once claimed to be gay
"60 Minutes" was told weeks before the segment aired that a deported Malian husband and father, who was the subject of a sympathetic report on Sunday, claimed to have been gay in his asylum application, Fox News Digital confirmed.Fox News previously obtained records showing Moussa Diawara alleged in his 2009 asylum application that he would face persecution if he were sent back to Mali due to his sexuality.The "60 Minutes" segment depicted an anguished father deported to Africa with his wife and two children still living in the U.S.and noted that a U.S.
judge said Diawara could be persecuted, pointing to fears over converting to Christianity.However, the show did not mention that Diawara’s application contradicted his family man narrative and the reason why he claimed he couldn’t return to his native country was because of his sexual orientation.DEPORTED MIGRANT WHO '60 MINUTES' PAINTED AS SYMPATHETIC FAMILY MAN CLAIMED HE WAS GAY ON ASYLUM APPLICATIONMalian national Moussa Diawara was the subject of a sympathetic "60 Minutes" segment after he was deported by the Trump administration.
(Screenshot/60 Minutes)Fox News Digital has since obtained a copy of an email sent to CBS News by the Department of Homeland Security informing the network about Diawara's claim, which was first reported by The New York Post.The email was sent Oct.6, nearly three weeks before Sunday's segment aired.A spokesperson for CBS News declined to comment.FROM THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP TO KAMALA HARRIS EDITS: THE LONG HISTORY OF '60 MINUTES' CONTROVERSIESThe Department of Homeland Security told CBS News about Diawara having claimed to have been gay in an email sent to CBS News on Oct.
6, more than two weeks before the "60 Minutes" segment aired, according to a copy of an email obtained by Fox News Digital.(Joseph A.
Wulfsohn/Fox News Digital)On his 2009 asylum application, Diawara said he feared for his life as a gay man if he was forced to return to Mali."My asylum application is based up...