The White House reportedly sent CBS a statement that was not included in a controversial "60 Minutes" segment pulled shortly before it was set to air on Sunday.

CBS News abruptly pulled a heavily-promoted “60 Minutes” segment about Venezuelan immigrants that the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador just hours before it was scheduled to air.

Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent who led the reporting on CECOT for 60 Minutes, said the story went through the normal editorial processes before it was scheduled to air. That process includes receiving approvals from the Standards and Practices team at CBS News, and from the network’s attorneys.

At the last minute, CBS News held a segment about Venezuelan men who were deported by the Trump administration to a prison in El Salvador. It surfaced online anyway.

CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss decided to shelve a planned “60 Minutes” story titled “Inside CECOT,” creating an uproar inside CBS, but the report has reached a worldwide audience anyway.

CBS correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi was harshly critical of boss Bari Weiss for delaying her segment about a El Salvador prison where the Trump administration has sent illegal migrants.

The 60 Minutes segment that CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss abruptly pulled from the air on Sunday has been leaked—and the network is responding with copyright takedowns. Canadian broadcaster Global TV aired the segment on Venezuelan migrants in the U.