Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case

WASHINGTON – The Trump medication is invoking the “ state secrets privilege ” successful an evident effort to debar answering a judge's questions astir its mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis disclosed the government's presumption successful a two-page order connected Wednesday. She acceptable a Monday deadline for attorneys to record briefs connected the contented and however it could impact Abrego Garcia's case. Xinis besides scheduled a May 16 proceeding successful Greenbelt, Maryland, to code the matter.

The Republican medication antecedently invoked the aforesaid ineligible authorization to chopped disconnected a judge’s inquiry into whether it defied an bid to crook astir planes deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.

Abrego Garcia, 29, has been imprisoned successful his autochthonal El Salvador for astir 2 months. His mistaken deportation has go a flash constituent for President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and his increasing friction with the U.S. courts.

Trump has said helium could telephone El Salvador’s president and person Abrego Garcia returned to the United States. Instead, Trump has doubled down connected his claims that Abrego Garcia is simply a subordinate of the MS-13 gang.

Police successful Maryland had identified Abrego Garcia arsenic an MS-13 pack subordinate successful 2019 based disconnected his tattoos, Chicago Bulls hoodie and the connection of a transgression informant. But Abrego Garcia was ne'er charged. His lawyers accidental the informant claimed Abrego Garcia was successful an MS-13 section successful New York, wherever Abrego Garcia has ne'er lived.

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