DOJ Prosecutor Testifies Ábrego García Case Not Vindictive

Kilmar Armando Ábrego García walked freely into and out of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee for a hearing on Feb. 26.
DOJ Prosecutor Testifies Ábrego García Case Not Vindictive
Kilmar Ábrego García (C) arrives at the federal courthouse in Nashville on Feb. 26, 2026. AP Photo/George Walker IV
|Updated:
0:00

​NASHVILLE—The federal attorney who criminally charged Kilmar Ábrego García, the Salvadoran national at the center of the Trump administration’s deportation battles, testified on Feb. 26 that his prosecution was not vindictive nor directed by Justice Department leadership.

“The charging decision was my decision,” said Robert McGuire, former acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Jacki Thrapp
Jacki Thrapp
Author
Jacki Thrapp is an Emmy® Award-winning journalist based in Nashville. She previously worked at The New York Post, Fox News Channel and has written a series of Off-Broadway musicals in NYC. Contact her at [email protected]