
DOJ’s second-in-command could be central to ‘vindictive’ prosecution of Abrego Garcia, judge rules
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The new order stops short of compelling any government witnesses to testify for next month's hearing.
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The Justice Department opened the criminal investigation and presented the case to a grand jury earlier this year, when Abrego Garcia was detained at CECOT, and at the same time as lawyers for the Trump administration officials were telling a separate federal judge in Maryland that they were powerless to bring him back from Salvadoran custody.













