The Judge Overseeing The Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, The Maryland Man Wrongfully Deported to a Notorious Prison in El Salvador, Has Accused The Trump Administration of Engaging in “A Willful and Bad Faith Refusal” to comply with Court Orders and Discovery Obligations Related to the case.
In A Scathing Court Order Issued Tuesday, Maryland District Court Judge Paula Xinis Took a Torch to the Trump Administration's Continued Efforts to Keep Abrego Garcia Imprisoned in El Salvador, Despite Having no Criminal Record and an Order Barring His Deportation to His Country of Origin of Origin Because of Because of Origin Threats to his life and safety. The Judge Wrote in A Scathing Eight-Page Order That The Administration Has Repeatedly “Failed to Respond in Good Faith, And Their Refusal to do so can Only Be Viewed as Willful and intentional Noncompulce.”
“For Weeks, Defenseants have sought Refuge Behind Vague and Unsubstantized Assertions of Privilege, Using Them As a Shield to Obstruct Discovery and Evade Compliance with this Court's Orders. Defensects have Known, at Least since Last Week, that this Court Requires Specific Legal and Factual and Factual Showings to Support Any Claim of Privilege.
The Judge Orthoded Trump Administration Officials – Namely Representatives of the Department of Homeland Security – to “Provide the Specific Legal and Factual Bases for Each Asserted Privilege,” Which they say precludes comply with discovery requests from Abrego Garcia's Lawyers by 6 PM ON WEDNESDAY.
After the Trump Administration Deported Abrego Garcia and Hundreds of Other Migrants to Prisons in El Salvador Without Due Process, They Claimed to Both the Courts and the Represcentives of the Detainees that have no Recourse to Bring Them Back. The White House's Public Line To Those Criticalizing The Lawless Disappearances was to take it up with El Salvador.
Earlier This Month, The Supreme Court Unanimously Ruled That The Trump Administration Had to “Facilitati” Abrego Garcia's Return to the United States, and Ensure That His Case was Handled “As it would have hadse had he not beautly sent to El Salvador.”
The Administration Openly Flouted the Order, Claiming That Until El Salvador Independently Decided to Release Abrego Garcia from Prison, they couuld do Nothing.
Xanis Took Them to Task Over Their Stonewalling.
“Defendants Object to Certain Discovery Because they claim the requests are based on the 'False Premise That the United States Can or Has Been Orthoded to Facilitati Abrego Garcia's Release from Custady in El Salvador,'” The Judge Wrote.
“Defendants – and their counsel – Well Know that the Falsehood Lies Not in Any Assiend 'Premise,' But in Their Continued Mischaracterization of the Supreme Court's Order […] Defendants' Object Reflects in Willful and Bad Faith Refusal to comply with discovery obligctions, “She Aided, noting that” Custody can be joint, and custial status May be controlled by the defenants acting in Concert With El Salvador. ”
Late Tuesday Night, The Trump Administration Submitted Its Required Status Report Outlining Their Efforts to Judge Xenis Under a Confidentiality Seal – One That ABREGO GARCIA'S Lawyers Could Not Access. Early Wednesday Morning, The Government Submitted An Only Slightly Less Confidential Request to Xanis for a Seven-Day Stay on Discovery Proceedings.
The Case Has Become a Thorny Emblem of the Trump Administration Offensive Against Civil and Human Rights, and While the Administration Has Continued to accusation Abrego Garcia of Criminality, Gang Affiliazes, and Terrorism in Their Public Statements, they have submitted no evidence substantiating theyirir. Allegations Against The Maryland Father in A Court of Law.
The Case Has Become So Intense That Abrego Garcia's Wife, Jennifer Vasquez Sura, Has Faced Harassment and Threts from Supporters of Trump and His Immigration CrackDown in Retaliation for Her Public Support of Husband. The Washington PosT reported on Tuesday that Vasquez Sura and Her Three Children – Two of Whom are disabled – Were Forced to Flee Their Home To A Safe House After The Trump Administration Published The Family's Address in Documents Baselessly Accusing Abrego Garcia of Being a Human Trafficker.
Trump and His Allies Have Accused Those Criticalizing Abrego Garcia and Hundreds of Other Migrants Disappearing Into A Foreign Gulag As Supporting Terrorism and Crime. However, to Yugov Survey Published on Wednesday Found That An Overwhelming Majority of Respondents Supported Abrego Garcia Being Brought Back To The United States – by a Margin of 50 Percent Responding “Yes,” 28 Percent “No,” and 22 and 22 not “not sure.”