Tag: New Charges Against Mr. Abrego Garcia Claim Is He “Trafficked” People Without Papers In 2022 June 6 7 2025

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.

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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 That order was never rescinded.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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[U] Good News/Bad News: Mr. Abrego Garcia Is On His Way To Nashville, Tennessee Now — But He Has Been Indicted On Smuggling People Without Papers Charges There…

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Updated: The matter has led a US Attorney with 15 years of tenure — and the head of the criminal division in Nashville… to resign, in protest. See immediately following post. End update.

This is reported, without rancor. It is only fair to set out what is — to the moment — known. The felony indictment was just unsealed today, as the Noem / Rubio forces were having him flown out of El Salvador.

As ever, while the body cam images bear a reasonable resemblance to the accused (Mr. Abrego-Garcia)… let us simply report the facts, as known to this moment — and trust that the able federal district court judges in Nashville will sort this one out. We will withhold judgment, in short.

The good news is that he is no longer in a private black ops torture prison in El Salvador. And none of this justified abducting him to El Salvador without any process, in any event. Nor the foot-dragging in bringing him back, stateside. He may yet win a large judgment against Team Noem, even if convicted on these much later arriving charges. There was no indictment, or even any real substantial investigation of one — when he was grabbed out of Maryland. In fact, In fact, as late as mid-April, the government was saying (under oath) only that if they brought him stateside, they would do so at the Mexican border below San Diego, and immediately deport him into the interior of Mexico. [That is, there was no allegation of any earlier crime like this.]

[The grand jury wasn’t even convened until May 21, 2025 (almost two months after he was grabbed without process!) — and the skeptical City of Big Shoulders lawyer in me guesses that the foot-dragging on his return to the US was to give the Tennessee officers time to build an after the fact case, for his detention.]

But as I say… we will wait and see.

Here is the unsealed indictment out of Nashville.

Here is the motion to hold him in custody in Nashville, until trial. He will doubtless move (through his counsel) for bail. We will keep you informed. Trust that. Onward.

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