President Trump on Sunday morning ripped the acquittal of an immigrant in the U.S. illegally who was charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle.

"Such a total miscarriage of Justice in San Francisco!" Trump tweeted.

Such a total miscarriage of Justice in San Francisco! https://t.co/MSIkBCKF3t — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2017

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A Superior Court of San Francisco jury last Thursday acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate of murder and manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Steinle, 32.

Zarate, who was in the U.S. illegally at the time of the shooting, had previously been deported five times. Trump and other Republicans used the case as a rallying cry for tougher immigration laws.

The court found Zarate not guilty of first- or second-degree murder or assault with a firearm. He was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and will be sentenced at a future date.

Last week, a federal warrant was issued for Zarate's arrest.

The warrant, unsealed in the Western District of Texas by the Justice Department on Friday, accuses Zarate of violating his supervised release.

President Trump previously called the verdict in the case "disgraceful."

"No wonder the people of our Country are so angry with Illegal Immigration," Trump tweeted last week.