"Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks the Tennessee criminal court to order the govt to stop making extrajudicial statements ..."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Reposted by Popehat’s Interests First

Joshua J. Friedman
‪@joshuajfriedman.com‬

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks the Tennessee criminal court to order the govt to stop making extrajudicial statements about Abrego that could prejudice the trial.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.69.0.pdf

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
From the moment Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia challenged his illegal rendition to El
Salvador in March 2025, the government has repeatedly maligned him in public statements.
Instead of complying with the Supreme Court’s order that it “facilitate” Mr. Abrego’s return to the
United States, the government launched a public disparagement campaign against him to justify
his unlawful detention in El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center (“CECOT”), one
of the most violent, inhumane prisons in the world. As Mr. Abrego’s plight captured national
attention, officials occupying the highest positions of the United States government baselessly
labeled him a “gangbanger,” “monster,” “illegal predator,” “illegal alien terrorist,” “wife beater,”
“barbarian,” and “human trafficker.” The Vice President, a Yale Law School graduate, went so far
as to flatly lie about Mr. Abrego, calling him a “convicted MS-13 gang member,” notwithstanding
that Mr. Abrego in fact has never been convicted of any crime at all.
ALT
July 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM

NEW: Kilmar Abrego Garcia asks the Tennessee criminal court to order the govt to stop making extrajudicial statements about Abrego that could prejudice the trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

— Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com) 2025-07-03T03:53:01.316Z

[70sEraVet]

1. Yeah, hard to get a fair trial...

while the Administration is actively engaged in a character-assassination campaign!