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Related: About this forumAttorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia blasts 'extremely suspicious' timing of new charges - The Weekend - MSNBC
The attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by the Trump administration earlier this year joins The Weekend to discuss the Trump administrations potential motives behind their new charges. This comes amid growing protests in Los Angeles against the Trump administrations immigration crackdown. - Aired on 06/07/2025.
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Attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia blasts 'extremely suspicious' timing of new charges - The Weekend - MSNBC (Original Post)
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Deadline: Legal Blog-Abrego Garcia is back but contempt and sanctions for Trump admin still on the table
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(164,401 posts)1. Deadline: Legal Blog-Abrego Garcia is back but contempt and sanctions for Trump admin still on the table
The Government flouted rather than followed court orders, Kilmar Abrego Garcias lawyers reminded the judge who ordered his return
Abrego Garcia is back but contempt and sanctions for Trump admin still on the table www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
— Tom Jones (@earl2.bsky.social) 2025-06-09T17:29:36.117Z
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/abrego-garcia-returned-contempt-sanctions-trump-admin-still-table-rcna211782
Responding to the claim that the civil case is now moot due to his return, Abrego Garcias lawyers reminded the Obama appointee that she still retains jurisdiction to find contempt and impose sanctions.
They called the governments claim that it has complied with her order pure farce, writing:
Farcical is a good summary of this case and the administrations broader immigration stance. The description pairs well with U.S. District Judge James Boasbergs recent nod to Franz Kafkas The Trial, in comparing the novels absurd legal ordeal to the administrations summary removals of scores of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvadors mega-prison known for human rights abuses. (Litigation is pending separately in that case in Washington, D.C., as lawyers try to secure the immigrants return. That case also includes an attempt to hold the administration accountable for contempt, which is pending separately on the governments appeal in D.C.s federal appeals court.)
Urging Xinis to keep the civil case alive, Abrego Garcias lawyers said the governments wanton disregard for the judicial branch has left a stain on the Constitution and that if theres any hope of removing that stain, it must start by shining a light on the improper actions of the Government in this tragic affair and imposing meaningful remedies.
Meanwhile, Abrego Garcias criminal case is getting started in Tennessee, where hes charged with illegally transporting undocumented immigrants. Its an understatement to say the new case will be highly scrutinized, given how it came about in an apparent attempt by the administration to save face. That doesnt mean federal prosecutors wont be able to secure a conviction; they may be even more motivated to do so, given the political stakes.
On that note, ABC News reported, citing unnamed sources, that the decision to pursue the criminal case led high-ranking Tennessee prosecutor Ben Schrader to resign due to concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons. Asked about the reason for his resignation, Schrader declined to comment to NBC News. If his resignation is connected to the criminal case against Abrego Garcia, then the administrations political posturing through the Justice Department has led to the loss of yet another career prosecutor one of this administrations sordid legacies, as exemplified by the Eric Adams dismissal debacle earlier this year.
They called the governments claim that it has complied with her order pure farce, writing:
The Government flouted rather than followed the orders of this Court and the United States Supreme Court. Instead of facilitating Abrego Garcias return, for the past two months Defendants have engaged in an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders, deny due process, and disparage Abrego Garcia. In its latest act of contempt, the Government arranged for Abrego Garcias return, not to Maryland in compliance with the Supreme Courts directive to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador, . . . but rather to Tennessee so that he could be charged with a crime in a case that the Government only developed while it was under threat of sanctions.
Farcical is a good summary of this case and the administrations broader immigration stance. The description pairs well with U.S. District Judge James Boasbergs recent nod to Franz Kafkas The Trial, in comparing the novels absurd legal ordeal to the administrations summary removals of scores of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvadors mega-prison known for human rights abuses. (Litigation is pending separately in that case in Washington, D.C., as lawyers try to secure the immigrants return. That case also includes an attempt to hold the administration accountable for contempt, which is pending separately on the governments appeal in D.C.s federal appeals court.)
Urging Xinis to keep the civil case alive, Abrego Garcias lawyers said the governments wanton disregard for the judicial branch has left a stain on the Constitution and that if theres any hope of removing that stain, it must start by shining a light on the improper actions of the Government in this tragic affair and imposing meaningful remedies.
Meanwhile, Abrego Garcias criminal case is getting started in Tennessee, where hes charged with illegally transporting undocumented immigrants. Its an understatement to say the new case will be highly scrutinized, given how it came about in an apparent attempt by the administration to save face. That doesnt mean federal prosecutors wont be able to secure a conviction; they may be even more motivated to do so, given the political stakes.
On that note, ABC News reported, citing unnamed sources, that the decision to pursue the criminal case led high-ranking Tennessee prosecutor Ben Schrader to resign due to concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons. Asked about the reason for his resignation, Schrader declined to comment to NBC News. If his resignation is connected to the criminal case against Abrego Garcia, then the administrations political posturing through the Justice Department has led to the loss of yet another career prosecutor one of this administrations sordid legacies, as exemplified by the Eric Adams dismissal debacle earlier this year.