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Abrego Garcia asks for gag order on Bondi, Noem

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team argues that public derogatory statements by top officials risk undermining his constitutional right to a fair trial amid federal human smuggling charges.

  • On Thursday, Abrego Garcia's legal team asked U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Nashville to gag Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, alleging public comments risk his fair trial.
  • After a mistaken deportation earlier this year to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison, the Trump administration repatriated Kilmar Abrego Garcia in June and detained him on human smuggling charges, asserting ties to MS-13 and plans to deport him to Uganda.
  • Defense filings point to court orders and publicity as a Tennessee federal grand jury recently indicted Abrego Garcia on one count of conspiracy and one count of unlawful transportation.
  • On Monday, Maryland District Judge Paula Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain in a Virginia detention center and barred his deportation until Oct. 6; he attended a protest and ICE Baltimore field office check-in on Aug. 25, 2025.
  • The case is shaping legal challenges to the Alien Enemies Act, as Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers say he will seek asylum in the U.S. despite planned deportation to Uganda.
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