The mother of Karoline Leavitt ’s nephew has spoken out against how the administration has characterized her and her relationship to the White House Press Secretary, saying "why they’re creating this narrative is beyond my wildest imagination.”

In an interview with the Washington Post, published Sunday, Bruna Ferreira called the White House’s characterization of her as an absentee mother “disgusting,” and said she "made a mistake" in trusting Leavitt to be her son's godmother.

“I asked Karoline to be godmother over my only sister,” the Brazilian immigrant told the Post in a video interview from an ICE detention facility in Louisiana, where she is currently being held. “I made a mistake there, in trusting. … Why they’re creating this narrative is beyond my wildest imagination.”

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