Justice Department prosecutor who admitted in court Maryland man's deportation to El Salvador was a mistake put on leave
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The Justice Department attorney who unsuccessfully argued Friday in defense of the controversial and mistaken deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador has been placed on administrative leave, CBS News learned Saturday.
During a federal hearing Friday in Greenbelt, Maryland, in which U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned to the U.S. by April 7, Justice Department attorney Erez Reuveni frequently failed to answer Xinis' questions, and made multiple critical comments of his agency in court, saying he wasn't given sufficient information by the Justice Department for some of Friday's arguments.
"The facts are conceded, plaintiff Abrego Garcia should not have been removed," Reuveni said during the hearing.
