Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia arrives at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In that filing, the judge wrote, "Media attention about Abrego started in March 2025 when the United States sent him to El Salvador, months before his indictment in the Middle District of Tennessee."
"Government employees have made extrajudicial statements that are troubling, especially where many of them are exaggerated if not simply inaccurate. These statements made allegations regarding Abrego’s ‘character or reputation’ and expressed government officials’ views on Abrego’s ‘guilt or innocence,’" the judge said.
DOJ SIGNALS IT WOULD RATHER DEPORT ABREGO GARCIA THAN PROSECUTE HIM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is seen wearing a Chicago Bulls hat in this handout image obtained by Reuters on April 9, 2025. (Abrego Garcia Family/Handout via REUTERS)
Crenshaw also declared the Trump Cabinet members were in violation of a local court rule limiting remarks from government officials relating to an active criminal case, although he stopped short of issuing a gag order, according to Politico.
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