Federal judges across the country are attempting to square Trump’s own remarks about deportations with claims made in their courts by the Justice Department.
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LawyersforKilmarAbregoGarciaurgedaMarylandjudgeMondaytorejecttheTrumpadministration’sbidtowithholdinformationundernationalsecurityclaims,arguingseniorofficials,includingPresidentDonaldTrump,havealreadycompromisedanypotentialharm.
Inanewcourtfiling,attorneysforAbregoGarciaarguedthatTrumpandtopofficialshavepubliclyopposedhisreturnfromaSalvadoranprison–despitecourtorders–citingremarksintestimony,interviewsandonsocialmedia.ThecontradictionscouldweighheavilyFriday,whenafederaljudgeconsidersnextstepsinthehigh-profilecase.
“PlaintiffshavesoughtdiscoverytouncoverthetruthastotheGovernment’sefforts(orlackthereof)aswellasitsabilitiestofacilitateAbregoGarcia’sreturn–theessentialissueinthiscase.Overandover,theGovernmenthasstonewalledPlaintiffsbyassertingunsupportedprivileges–primarilystatesecretsanddeliberativeprocess–towith
