Update: A Career (Non-Political) US Attorney, The Head Of Nashville’s Criminal Div., Has Resigned — In Protest Of The Charging Of Mr. Abrego Garcia.

Well. That didn’t take very long. Although he is not commenting for the record, people familiar with his resignation (he’s also a professor at Vanderbilt University Law School) say he is deeply concerned that this was a mostly-political prosecution, driven by Tangerine 2.0 appointed heads in the Middle District of Tennessee.

So — to be fair, I’ve re-edited my prior images, to guassian blur-out the face in the 2022 police body cam image, as this fairly implies that such a case could have simply been “manufactured” — after Kristi Noem became aware that she had zero basis to grab Mr. Abrego Garcia in Maryland, over two months ago.

We will cover this case out of Music City quite closely. [In fact, I may fly down for the preliminary hearings.] This reporting comes from ABC News — tonight:

…The decision to pursue the indictment against Abrego Garcia led to the abrupt departure of Ben Schrader, a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Tennessee, sources briefed on Schrader’s decision told ABC News. Schrader’s resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons, the sources said.

Schrader, who spent 15 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville and was most recently the chief of the criminal division, declined to comment when contacted by ABC News….

D A M N A T I O N.

As a largely trivial footnote, I should note that almost every major assertion in Hinderaker’s post on the case tonight… is demonstrably false.

In Tennessee, this is a two count indictment, which relates solely to transportation of people without papers. The indictment makes no allegation about any gang affiliation, about any domestic abuse, and does not make the claim that Mr. Abrego Garcia is here unlawfully.

In fact, the government has previously acknowledged that as of 2019 Mr. Abrego Garcia had a specific ALJ order prohibiting ICE and DHS from trying to remove him. That order was never rescinded.

But in John’s telling of his vindictive lies, he makes the false claims that (a) Mr. Abrego Garcia is here unlawfully, that (b) he is a member of a gang, and that (c) he is a domestic abuser.

Of course, we all know that John’s vision is clouded by his racism, here as ever.

Once again, the man is a libelous pile of dog shit.

Out.

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