Judge Directs Trump Admin Officials to Limit Statements About Abrego Garcia

The ruling came amid uncertainty about whether the human-smuggling suspect would be deported.
Judge Directs Trump Admin Officials to Limit Statements About Abrego Garcia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (C) leaves the Putnam County Jail in Cookeville, Tenn., on Aug. 22, 2025. Brett Carlsen/AP Photo
Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
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A federal judge has instructed the Trump administration to avoid making statements that could prejudice the jury for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant who is fighting multiple court battles with the administration and could be deported to Africa.

U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, who is overseeing the Salvadoran’s case in Tennessee related to alleged human smuggling, said in an Oct. 27 opinion that “government employees have made extrajudicial statements that are troubling, especially where many of them are exaggerated if not simply inaccurate.”
Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
Sam Dorman is a Washington correspondent covering courts and politics for The Epoch Times. You can follow him on X at @EpochofDorman.
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