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Judge orders hearing over whether Abrego Garcia prosecution was ‘vindictive’

A federal judge found evidence the Department of Justice may have retaliated against Kilmar Abrego Garcia by prosecuting him after his legal victory over wrongful deportation.

  • A federal judge ruled there is evidence that charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, deported by Trump's administration, were vindictive prosecution in response to his lawsuit.
  • The judge cited statements by officials celebrating the charges as evidence of retaliation for Abrego Garcia's suit challenging his deportation.
  • Abrego Garcia was ordered to be allowed to obtain evidence and have a hearing on dismissing the case as illegally retaliatory.
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A federal judge concluded that the prosecution by the Department of Justice of Kilmar Abrego García on human trafficking charges could be an illegal retaliation after he successfully sued the Trump administration for his deportation to El Salvador. Abrego García’s case, a Salvadoran citizen who worked as a construction worker in Maryland, has become a symbol of the partisan struggle around radical immigration policy and President Donald Trump’s …

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Telemundo Area de la Bahía 48 broke the news in on Friday, October 3, 2025.
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