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DHS Secretary Nielsen doubles-down on claims she did not hear Trump's obscenity

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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., questions Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Washington. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen looks on during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on January 16, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump speaks during the 2017 'Congress of Tomorrow' Joint Republican Issues Conference in Philadelphia on Jan. 26, 2017.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen released a fiery statement Wednesday after she was criticized over her recollecion of last week's meeting where President Donald Trump reportedly referred to African nations by using vulgar language.

According to CNN, Nielsen's statement said she is "thoroughly dissappointed that attention has been given to the meeting, when "we have serious and urgent border and immigration issues to address."

Nielsen had testifeid at an oversight hearing on Tuesday that she didn't hear that specific word come from the President during the meeting. While the White House didn't deny Trump made the remark, conflicteng accounts from those who attended the meeting surfaced in the following days.

Trump tweeted that he had not used the word, but rather "tough" language.

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Nielsen was asked if Trump had used that word or vernacular similar to malign African nations during the meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy.

"I did not hear that word used, no sir," Nielsen testified.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker called her out for her lack of memory.

Booker unleashes on DHS secretary in DACA meeting

"Your silence and your amnesia is complicity." Sen. Cory Booker unleashes on the DHS secretary when she says she doesn't remember the specific word President Donald J. Trump used in an immigration meeting to characterize African countries. http://cnn.it/2rf25yT

Posted by CNN on Tuesday, January 16, 2018

"Your silence and your amnesia is complicity," Booker told Neilsen.