By Andrew C. McCarthy
June 10, 2025 12:30 PM
... For weeks, in its newfangled role as annex to the White House Press Office, the Trump DOJ had peddled uncharged evidence of the illegal alien’s criminal activities, domestic abuse, and membership in Mara Salvatrucha — i.e., MS-13, the violent international gang that the Trump administration has designated as a foreign terrorist organization. The most notable information was that, in 2022, Abrego Garcia had been detained by Tennessee state troopers in what appeared to be a human-smuggling operation — although he had not been placed under arrest, much less charged with a crime.
... the indictment charges Abrego Garcia with two counts of harboring and transporting illegal aliens — the substantive offense of doing so, and the offense of conspiring to do so, both in violation of Section 1324 of the immigration laws. Each charge is punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment, and potentially no imprisonment (the two counts statutorily aggregate to zero to ten years’ imprisonment, but for sentencing guidelines purposes they’d likely be folded into one offense, punishable by zero to five years).
... Abrego Garcia is not charged with any other crimes. Why is that worth pointing out? Because the indictment strongly suggests that the government is poised to present information from accomplices (referred to as CC-1 through CC-6, with “CC” standing for “co-conspirator”) that Abrego Garcia was “a member and associate of” MS-13, which is “a criminal enterprise engaged in, among other activities, acts and threats involving murder, extortion, narcotics trafficking, firearms trafficking, alien smuggling, and money laundering.”
... The Trump DOJ is trying to brand him with these crimes without charging him with these crimes ...
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/the-abrego-garcia-indictment-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers/
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