President Donald Trump calls Kate Steinle verdict 'disgraceful'

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- President Donald Trump is weighing in on the surprising not guilty verdict in the Kate Steinle murder trial.

On Thursday night he tweeted, "A disgraceful verdict in the Kate Steinle case! No wonder the people of our Country are so angry with Illegal Immigration."

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After six days of deliberations, the jury decided that Jose Ines Garcia Zarate did not intentionally kill the Bay Area woman at San Francisco's Pier 14 in 2015 and found him only guilty of possessing a gun.

Click here to look back at the events of the Kate Steinle murder trial.