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Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation and prosecution case
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FIRST ENTRY AUG 18
AUG 18 · Day 1
DOJ asks court to reinstate charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Abrego Garcia is involved in a separate federal court case in Maryland concerning the Trump administration's efforts to deport him
The Justice Department argued the May court order marks a dramatic expansion of courts' power to dismiss serious criminal charges based on subjective assessments of a prosecutor's motivations
The Justice Department said the decision to seek the indictment was made by career prosecutors based on the evidence and the law
“the indictment and prosecution of Abrego Garcia was, in fact, vindictive; the evidence before the district court established just that; and the proof was clear notwithstanding the DOJ's refusal to call the actual decision makers, including AG [Todd] Blanche, to testify under oath.”
ABREGO GARCIA'S DEFENSE TEAM
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MAR 22 · Day -148
Trump administration seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia
FEB 17 · Day -181
Federal judge rules Kilmar Abrego Garcia cannot be re-detained by immigration authorities
DEC 13 · Day -247
Judge bars ICE from rearresting Kilmar Abrego García at check-in
DEC 12 · Day -248
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention
DEC 11 · Day -249
Judge orders immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody
NOV 26 · Day -264
DHS Secretary Noem did not turn around deportation flights to El Salvador after judge's order
SEP 05 · Day -346
Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Eswatini
AUG 29 · Day -353
Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests gag order against Bondi and Noem
AUG 27 · Day -355
Kilmar Abrego Garcia files new bid to stay in the US
AUG 25 · Day -357
Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody, faces deportation to Uganda
AUG 24 · Day -358
Kilmar Abrego García deportation threat and ICE detention concerns
AUG 22 · Day -360
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody in Tennessee
JUL 23 · Day -390
Judge pauses Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from federal custody
“The facts remain, this MS-13 gang member, human trafficker and illegal alien will never walk America’s streets again. The fact this unhinged judge is trying to tell ICE they can’t arrest an MS-13 gang member, indicted by a grand jury for human trafficking, and subject to immigration arrest under federal law, is LAWLESS AND INSANE,”
TRICIA MCLAUGHLIN
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JUL 07 · Day -406
Judge scolds DOJ for shifting positions on Abrego deportation
JUN 06 · Day -437
Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to US to face trafficking charges
JUN 05 · Day -438
Trump administration returns wrongly deported migrant to U.S.
MAY 01 · Day -473
Experts say Kilmar Abrego García's tattoos do not prove MS-13 membership
APR 24 · Day -480
Trump administration granted leeway in mistakenly deported man case
APR 22 · Day -482
Democrats rally around case of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
APR 21 · Day -483
House Democrats arrive in El Salvador demanding Abrego Garcia's return
APR 20 · Day -484
Senator Van Hollen defends Abrego Garcia's due process rights
APR 19 · Day -485
Trump's tattoo theory to prove MS-13 gang ties
APR 19 · Day -485
Senator Van Hollen responds to Abrego Garcia meeting optics controversy
APR 18 · Day -486
Democratic senator visits El Salvador regarding Abrego Garcia, denied prison access
APR 17 · Day -487
Judge says Trump administration likely in contempt of court over deportation flights
APR 16 · Day -488
Abrego Garcia's wife responds to Trump administration publicizing 2021 protective order
APR 15 · Day -489
Bukele rejects returning wrongly deported Maryland man; lawyers say administration did nothing
APR 08 · Day -496
Lawyer for man wrongly deported to El Salvador expects his return to US
APR 06 · Day -498