Judge tosses federal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
District Judge Waverly Crenshaw’s ruling marks an enormous victory for Abrego Garcia, whose case became a flash point in the administration’s heightened efforts to expel noncitizens from the United States after he was sent to his native El Salvador in violation of a court order. “The Court does not reach its conclusion lightly,” wrote Crenshaw, an appointee of former President Obama who sits on the federal bench in Nashville, Tenn. The charges followed his removal from the U.S. to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador in a move that a Justice Department attorney described as an administrative error.
- ▪District Judge Waverly Crenshaw’s ruling marks an enormous victory for Abrego Garcia, whose case became a flash point in the administration’s heightened efforts to expel noncitizens from the United States after he was sent to his native El
- ▪“The Court does not reach its conclusion lightly,” wrote Crenshaw, an appointee of former President Obama who sits on the federal bench in Nashville, Tenn.
- ▪The charges followed his removal from the U.S. to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador in a move that a Justice Department attorney described as an administrative error.
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Court Battles Judge tosses federal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia Comments: by Ella Lee and Rebecca Beitsch - 05/22/26 3:42 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Ella Lee and Rebecca Beitsch - 05/22/26 3:42 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING A federal judge on Friday dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, siding with the mistakenly deported man in finding that he was the subject of a likely vindictive prosecution. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw’s ruling marks an enormous victory for Abrego Garcia, whose case became a flash point in the administration’s heightened efforts to expel noncitizens from the United States after he was sent to his native El Salvador in violation of a court order.
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