Judge Releases Details Surrounding DOJ’s Decision to Prosecute Abrego Garcia

The Justice Department denied acting vindictively and said the decision to prosecute was ‘based on the facts, evidence, and established DOJ practice.’
Judge Releases Details Surrounding DOJ’s Decision to Prosecute Abrego Garcia
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (C) arrives with his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura (2nd L) and his attorney Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg (L) at U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in Greenbelt, Md., on Dec. 22, 2025. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
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A newly unsealed order from Tennessee offered additional details surrounding the Department of Justice’s decision to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national alleging that the Trump administration vindictively pursued a case following its high-profile deportation battle with him.

The Justice Department has denied the allegation and rejected it as a basis for dismissing the department’s criminal indictment against Abrego Garcia, which accuses him of human smuggling.

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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