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BumRushDaShow

(162,422 posts)
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:30 PM Tuesday

'A clear and present danger': Judge threatens Bondi, Noem with sanctions after 'troubling' public slams of Abrego Garcia

Source: Law & Crime

Oct 28th, 2025, 10:26 am


On the same day that the DOJ in one courtroom apparently reversed course on its stated intent to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia before deporting him to Liberia or elsewhere, the federal judge separately handling his criminal human smuggling case threatened U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with sanctions if they continue to pose "a clear and present danger," through their words, to the defendant's right to a fair trial.

The latest developments in the Abrego Garcia saga are whiplash-inducing, as a DOJ attorney told Maryland U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Monday that, unless blocked by a court, the Trump administration would like to send the wrongly deported Salvadoran citizen to Liberia on Halloween.

An incredulous Xinis was reportedly not buying the government's claim that it wasn't sure what the implications would be for the Tennessee criminal case, pointing out that a criminal trial for allegedly "smuggling illegal aliens" wouldn't be doable in Abrego Garcia's absence.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judge-calls-out-pam-bondi-doj-for-talking-about-kilmar-abrego-garcia-case-outside-of-court/



Link to MEMO OF OPINION (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.182.0.pdf

Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.183.0.pdf
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'A clear and present danger': Judge threatens Bondi, Noem with sanctions after 'troubling' public slams of Abrego Garcia (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
Do it! Do it! DO IT! Bayard Tuesday #1
A judge is incredulous when a mob boss and crime syndicate commit crimes? Irish_Dem Tuesday #2
When they showed his tattoos KT2000 Tuesday #3
It could be if used for indictment or trial. returnee Tuesday #7
They're proud Nazis. Safe as Milk Tuesday #4
I am so damn tired of the threats... S/V Loner Tuesday #5
You're not alone, my friend. calimary Tuesday #14
What would sanctions entail SSJVegeta Tuesday #6
Racist sadistic pigs wolfie001 Tuesday #8
"EvaBlonde", "Krusty Gnome" lastlib Tuesday #11
Love those! Thanks wolfie001 Tuesday #12
Question for the legal eagles. Can Garcia file civil suits for libel, slander, defamation, denial of due process? Midnight Writer Tuesday #9
Yeah, why not. Does trump need cause for his legal BS charges? mpcamb Tuesday #13
Possibly, but he would have to win his case first and then remain in the US Polybius Tuesday #15
Where are we at with the BidenRocks Tuesday #10
don't threaten, do. nt Javaman 20 hrs ago #16

Bayard

(27,579 posts)
1. Do it! Do it! DO IT!
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:33 PM
Tuesday

This admin doesn't want him to have a trial at all, just punishment for not being lily white. Bring this farce to an end!

Irish_Dem

(76,933 posts)
2. A judge is incredulous when a mob boss and crime syndicate commit crimes?
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:38 PM
Tuesday

Judge needs to find another line of work.

KT2000

(21,781 posts)
3. When they showed his tattoos
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:39 PM
Tuesday

where they inserted MS 13 on his fingers, isn't that considered planting evidence?

S/V Loner

(9,449 posts)
5. I am so damn tired of the threats...
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:55 PM
Tuesday

Lock all of them the fuck up, put them in general population and turn off the security videos for about two hours.

Midnight Writer

(24,930 posts)
9. Question for the legal eagles. Can Garcia file civil suits for libel, slander, defamation, denial of due process?
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 05:13 PM
Tuesday

Polybius

(21,057 posts)
15. Possibly, but he would have to win his case first and then remain in the US
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 07:56 PM
Tuesday

Then there's the next question: can a sitting President be sued by a private individual?

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