Advocacy Group Asks NY Bar to Investigate Todd Blanche's Role in Abrego Garcia Case
U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw said prosecutors used the case to punish Garcia for contesting his deportation, calling it an abuse of power.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismissed criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling the Trump administration demonstrated "presumptive vindictiveness" by prosecuting him in retaliation for his lawsuit challenging his wrongful deportation to El Salvador.
- The Department of Justice deported Abrego Garcia to CECOT prison in 2025, later admitting an "administrative error" occurred because a 2019 order specifically barred his removal to El Salvador due to his fear of persecution.
- After courts ordered his return, the administration filed human smuggling charges, which Judge Crenshaw called an "abuse of prosecuting power," while Trump and Vice President JD Vance baselessly claimed Abrego Garcia was an "MS-13 gang member."
- Denouncing the ruling as "naked judicial activism," the Department of Homeland Security insisted the removal order remains valid, though Abrego Garcia expressed gratitude that "justice has taken a step forward."
- The case faced internal scrutiny in Nashville, where a U.S. Attorney criminal chief resigned over the indictment, which heavily relied on a witness granted early prison release in exchange for his cooperation.
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Obama judge uses ‘vindictive’ ruling to release alleged MS-13 human trafficker
Federal District Court Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. (not surprisingly an Obama appointee) has dismissed the criminal indictment of the Democrats’ favorite father-of-the-year, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. So, an illegal alien accused by a federal grand jury in Tennessee of being involved for almost a decade in organized human trafficking and weapons and narcotics smuggling, including transporting MS-13 gang members into the heart of America, has r…
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Watchdog group accuses Blanche of misconduct in Tennessee prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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Advocacy group asks NY bar to investigate Todd Blanche's role in Abrego Garcia case
Kilmar Abrego Garcia attends a rally for him as he arrives for his first check-in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office the day after a federal judge ordered his release from a detention in Pennsylvania, on December 12, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. An undocumented immigrant who had been living in the United States since 2011, Abrego Garcia was detained by federal agents and deported to the CECOT prison in El Salv…
The Needle: Abrego Garcia Case Dismissed, Trump Wants Fed Workers to Sign NDAs, Dodgy Statues in Freedom Plaza, Millions Losing Health Care, and EPA Officials Paid By Industry
Case dismissed: A federal judge dismissed the case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying the Department of Justice’s pursuit of human smuggling charges was designed to punish him for challenging his deportation last year. “The evidence before this court sadly reflects an abuse of prosecuting power,” U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw said in his ruling. Garcia’s attorneys responded to the ruling with a statement calling him “a victim of a polit…
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