Federal judge dismisses human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. said prosecutors brought the case only after Kilmar Abrego Garcia won his wrongful-deportation challenge, citing evidence of retaliation.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. dismissed the federal human-smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling the Trump Justice Department engaged in selective or vindictive prosecution.
- Crenshaw found that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche initiated the investigation to justify the executive branch's removal decision, stating, "Blanche started the investigation to implicate Abrego. He did so to justify the Executive Branch."
- A Department of Homeland Security agent testified the probe began only after the Supreme Court ordered the administration to return Abrego Garcia from El Salvador in April 2025, despite the 2022 traffic stop resulting in only a warning.
- The defendant's deportation to El Salvador last year violated a 2019 immigration court order granting him protection, and Crenshaw noted the prosecution would not have occurred without the lawsuit challenging his removal.
- Despite the dismissal, Trump administration officials maintain that Abrego Garcia cannot remain in the United States and have vowed to deport him to a third country, most recently identifying Liberia as the destination.
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Federal judge in Tennessee dismiss charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
(NBC, KYMA) - A federal judge in Tennessee has dismissed the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, finding the investigation into his alleged involvement with human trafficking was "tainted." U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw wrote, in his decision, that the investigation against Abrego Garcia in Tennessee was only launched to justify the government's decision to deport him to El Salvador. Prosecutors in the Middle District of Tennes…
Obama-appointed judge drops human smuggling charges against reputed MS-13 member Kilmar Abrego Garcia
U.S. District Judge Waverley D. Crenshaw dismissed all criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Friday, wiping away a federal indictment for human smuggling and conspiracy to commit human smuggling against a man the government’s own immigration courts have identified as a verified member of the MS-13 gang. Crenshaw, appointed to the bench by former...
'Maryland Man' Abrego Garcia's Case Takes Another Bizarre Twist
A federal judge on Friday dismissed the Trump administration’s criminal case against “Maryland Man” Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling that the prosecution amounted to vindictive enforcement by the government. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. of the Middle District of Tennessee, an Obama appointee, said federal prosecutors only pursued criminal charges after the administration encountered legal setbacks in its deportation case involving Abrego…
NBC Omits Judge Who Dismissed Charges Against Garcia Was a Democratic Donor
On Friday, Obama-appointed Federal Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismissed the human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but NBC’s Saturday Today co-host Laura Jarrett simply referred to him as “a federal judge.” Naturally, she also omitted that Crenshaw had donated around $43,000 prior to his appointment. During a quick rundown of the day’s headlines, Jarrett simply declared, “A federal judge in Tennessee now dismissing all criminal charge…
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