US EditionJudge orders hearing over whether Abrego Garcia prosecution was ‘vindictive’
A federal judge in Tennessee found realistic likelihood that DOJ's prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is retaliatory after his successful lawsuit challenging wrongful deportation.
- A federal judge ruled there is evidence that charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, deported by Trump's administration, were vindictive prosecution in response to his lawsuit.
- The judge cited statements by officials celebrating the charges as evidence of retaliation for Abrego Garcia's suit challenging his deportation.
- Abrego Garcia was ordered to be allowed to obtain evidence and have a hearing on dismissing the case as illegally retaliatory.
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Justice Department wants to keep Todd Blanche off the stand in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case
Kilmar Abrego Garcia wants Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to testify at an upcoming hearing to support Abrego’s claim that his prosecution by the Trump Justice Department is unconstitutionally vindictive.
Judge Says Govt’s Prosecution Of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Looks Vindictive, Orders Hearing
A brief-ish history of events leading up to this point: Kilmar Abrego Garcia was one of hundreds of migrants rounded up by ICE, denied of their due process rights, and dumped into an infamous torture prison in El Salvador, a country overseen by a man who claims he’s the world’s “coolest dictator.” Abrego Garcia, however, actually still had some legal representation left in the States. A court sided with Garcia and demanded the government return …
Judge Poised to Free Abrego Garcia if Officials Can’t Supply Deportation Plans
A federal judge said on Monday that she was inclined to release Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man now being held in U.S. immigration custody after wrongfully being removed to El Salvador, if the federal government cannot quickly produce evidence it has plans to deport him soon. At a hearing in Greenbelt, Md., Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for Maryland expressed exasperation at Justice Department lawyers’ failure to an…
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