Attorneys representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia filed a motion on Thursday asking a judge to issue a gag order against several Trump administration officials – but especially against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem .

The request comes as part of Abrego Garcia's criminal case on human smuggling charges in Tennessee, overseen by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr., a Barack Obama appointee.

This follows back-and-forth motions over each party's respective media strategies in the high-profile case, which became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's second-term immigration agenda.

"Since Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was released from pretrial custody last Friday, officials from the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Securi

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