President Donald Trump's legal war on a Salvadoran immigrant was dealt a bitter blow on Friday, as a federal judge in Tennessee canceled the current date for his trial on human smuggling charges — and will instead hold a hearing on the legality of the prosecution.

 

The order, by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, was first reported by NBC Washington's Paul Wagner. It comes after Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team presented evidence that he was being targeted for selective and vindictive prosecution.

 

Crenshaw added that if the one-day evidentiary hearing on vindictive prosecution, now set for Jan. 28, goes against the government, the charges against Abrego could be dismissed outright. It's the latest setback for the Trump administration in the Abrego case, after a court ruling earlier this month that he must be released from federal lockup.

 

 

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who lived in the U.S. legally with a work permit and was erroneously deported to El Salvador, is seen wearing a Chicago Bulls hat, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on April 9, 2025. Abrego Garcia Family/Handout via REUTERS© provided by RawStory

 

Wrongly-deported migrant's trial canceled — and hearing ordered on DOJ misconduct

 

To fight claims of vindictive prosecution, the Trump administration has asserted that no one in a politically appointed office was involved with the decision to press charges against Abrego, but recent filings suggest this is not true.

The case will probably get thrown out.  Then the way thing have been happening in the US lately, they guy will be caught for some other felony.  

A Court Filing Revealed Todd Blanche’s Office Closely Oversaw the Prosecution of Abrego Garcia
The DOJ has said indicting Abrego Garcia was an independent decision by prosecutors in Tennessee not mired by politics.

December 22, 2025

 

The filings from defense lawyers detail how Blanche’s deputy Singh was in touch with the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Rob McGuire, in April, nearly a full month before the indictment — sending a flurry of emails in which McGuire offered updates on timing and they discussed legal strategies.

 

The pair stayed in close contact for weeks, with Singh even asking for what appears to be an update on the effort the day before Abrego Garcia was indicted. 

 

For months, DOJ officials have claimed Main Justice did not direct Abrego Garcia’s prosecution.

 

https://www.notus.org/courts/abrego-garcia-doj-todd-blanche

11 hours ago, connda said:

The case will probably get thrown out.  Then the way thing have been happening in the US lately, they guy will be caught for some other felony.  

Both could easily be true. 

Wonder who is paying his legal bills.

 

3 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Wonder who is paying his legal bills.

 

 

NY Law Firm Representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia Received $7 Million from Reid Hoffman Nonprofit to Fund E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit Against President Trump

 

June 19, 2025 -- Hecker & Fink, the New York * law firm representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) case against him in Middle Tennessee, was paid $7 million by a nonprofit created by LinkedIn co-founder and Democratic Party megadonor Reid Hoffman in 2020. The money was earmarked to fund the lawsuits by former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll against President Donald Trump.

 

The money from Hoffman’s group was labeled as “public interest litigation funding” in its Form 990 tax filing for 2020, and was used to fund the lawsuits by Carroll against Trump.

 

https://tennesseestar.com/news/ny-law-firm-representing-kilmar-abrego-garcia-received-7-million-from-reid-hoffman-nonprofit-to-fund-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit-against-president-trump/tpappert/2025/06/19/

 

* Offices in the Empire State Building.

10 minutes ago, jerrymahoney said:

 

NY Law Firm Representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia Received $7 Million from Reid Hoffman Nonprofit to Fund E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit Against President Trump

 

June 19, 2025 -- Hecker & Fink, the New York * law firm representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) case against him in Middle Tennessee, was paid $7 million by a nonprofit created by LinkedIn co-founder and Democratic Party megadonor Reid Hoffman in 2020. The money was earmarked to fund the lawsuits by former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll against President Donald Trump.

 

The money from Hoffman’s group was labeled as “public interest litigation funding” in its Form 990 tax filing for 2020, and was used to fund the lawsuits by Carroll against Trump.

 

https://tennesseestar.com/news/ny-law-firm-representing-kilmar-abrego-garcia-received-7-million-from-reid-hoffman-nonprofit-to-fund-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit-against-president-trump/tpappert/2025/06/19/

 

* Offices in the Empire State Building.

$7 million? Lots of billable hours! You can get creative for that amount!

 

Hes gonna lose but its always good to make the government work for it. Keeps them on their toes.

I hear Palau may be a destination for the MS-13 wife beater.

11 hours ago, Yagoda said:

$7 million? Lots of billable hours! You can get creative for that amount!

 

Hes gonna lose but its always good to make the government work for it. Keeps them on their toes.

Thanks  (again) for your prognostication.

 

Nov 4
I will repeat. Comey is cooked.

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1377544-us-prosecutors-suspended-for-telling-the-truth/page/7/#comment-20199205

 

12 hours ago, Rocky Sullivan said:

I hear Palau may be a destination for the MS-13 wife beater.

Dec. 23, 2025 via AP

 

However, officials have made no effort to deport him to the one country he has agreed to go to — Costa Rica. (Judge) Xinis has even accused the government of misleading her by falsely claiming that Costa Rica was unwilling to take him.

 

The government's "persistent refusal to acknowledge Costa Rica as a viable removal option, their threats to send Abrego to African countries that never agreed to take him, and their misrepresentation to the Court that Liberia is now the only country available to Abrego, all reflect that whatever purpose was behind his detention, it was not for the 'basic purpose' of timely third-country removal," she wrote.

 

In court Monday, Abrego's attorneys reiterated that he is prepared to go to Costa Rica "today."

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-allows-kilmar-abrego-garcia-remain-free-considers-immigration-is-rcna250554

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The judge called it a vindictive prosecution.

Updated: 05/22/2026 05:25 PM EDT

A federal judge has thrown out the Trump administration’s criminal, immigrant-smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling that the prosecution was “vindictive” retaliation against the Salvadoran immigrant for winning a high-profile challenge to his deportation from the U.S.

Crenshaw said there was significant proof, including statements from now-acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, indicating that the investigation into a 2022 traffic stop of Abrego in Tennessee was re-opened last year in response to a federal judge in Maryland ruling that Abrego’s deportation was illegal and authorities needed to facilitate his return to the U.S.

“Another activist judge has placed politics above public safety,” a DOJ spokesperson said in a statement. “The judge’s order is wrong and dangerous, and we will appeal.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/22/judge-dismisses-criminal-case-against-kilmar-abrego-garcia-00934244

Edited May 22May 22 by JerryM

On 12/28/2025 at 10:27 AM, Rocky Sullivan said:

I hear Palau may be a destination for the MS-13 wife beater.

Do they serve frosted margueritas there is the question? Our favorite wife beating gangbanger has a taste for the finer things in life.😅

17 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Do they serve frosted margueritas there is the question? Our favorite wife beating gangbanger has a taste for the finer things in life.😅

A pity you don't care about real news, you'd know your post to be incorrect.

Why no comment on the dismissal of the case, maybe another activist judge?

27 minutes ago, stevenl said:

A pity you don't care about real news, you'd know your post to be incorrect.

Why no comment on the dismissal of the case, maybe another activist judge?

Oh I know alright. Naz Shahs tweets? Just parody. Gangbangers cocktails? Just a setup.

Always the same. When team left are caught bang to rights all we get is silly bs as a defence.

Judge dismisses charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying Todd Blanche spurred a ‘tainted investigation’

Updated May 22, 2026, 4:57 PM ET

Meanwhile, officials at the Department of Homeland Security have been attempting to deport Abrego Garcia to various countries in Africa despite Costa Rica’s willingness to accept him and give him some form of legal status. He was unable to self-deport to that country due to the release conditions imposed on him by Crenshaw.

It remains unclear what will happen next. Under an order Crenshaw issued Friday, Abrego Garcia is no longer bound to the release conditions. The Maryland judge overseeing the litigation he’s brought challenging the government’s attempts to send him to an African country has frequently raised the prospect of him self-deporting (to Costa Rica) should his criminal case be tossed.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/22/politics/judge-dismisses-charges-against-kilmar-abrego-garcia

On 12/28/2025 at 10:04 AM, Yagoda said:

$7 million? Lots of billable hours! You can get creative for that amount!

 

Hes gonna lose but its always good to make the government work for it. Keeps them on their toes.

Is he going to be convicted of "guilty of being Hispanic"?

On 12/27/2025 at 7:28 PM, connda said:

The case will probably get thrown out.  Then the way thing have been happening in the US lately, they guy will be caught for some other felony.  

Like the Jan 6 ers

regards Worgeordie

1 hour ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Oh I know alright. Naz Shahs tweets? Just parody. Gangbangers cocktails? Just a setup.

Always the same. When team left are caught bang to rights all we get is silly bs as a defence.

1 hour ago, JerryM said:

Judge dismisses charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, saying Todd Blanche spurred a ‘tainted investigation’

Updated May 22, 2026, 4:57 PM ET

Meanwhile, officials at the Department of Homeland Security have been attempting to deport Abrego Garcia to various countries in Africa despite Costa Rica’s willingness to accept him and give him some form of legal status. He was unable to self-deport to that country due to the release conditions imposed on him by Crenshaw.

It remains unclear what will happen next. Under an order Crenshaw issued Friday, Abrego Garcia is no longer bound to the release conditions. The Maryland judge overseeing the litigation he’s brought challenging the government’s attempts to send him to an African country has frequently raised the prospect of him self-deporting (to Costa Rica) should his criminal case be tossed.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/22/politics/judge-dismisses-charges-against-kilmar-abrego-garcia

Lol, so you don't like the real news.

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