Judge Eyes Role of DOJ Leaders in Abrego Garcia Prosecution

A federal judge has found evidence that high-level Department of Justice officials may have played a role in the government’s push for criminal charges against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant who became a symbol of President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies.

The government has previously said Robert McGuire, the acting US Attorney for Middle Tennessee, made the decision to seek a human trafficking indictment against Abrego Garcia. But US District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. in Nashville said he had reviewed documents indicating McGuire may not have acted alone, “and the decision to prosecute Abrego may have been a joint decision, with others who may or may not have acted with an improper motivation.”