Kilmar Abrego Garcia, pictured at center, accompanied by his attorney, released from jail in Putnam County, Tennessee on August 22, 2025. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)

NASHVILLE — Federal prosecutors are pushing back against allegations they are pursuing human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Tennessee as part of a Trump administration retribution campaign.

In court filings Monday, the U.S. attorney’s office in Nashville sought to distance itself from public statements made by administration officials about Abrego, whose deportation to a Salvadoran prison in March as a result of an “administrative error” brought widespread scrutiny to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown tactics.

“Even if others in the Executive Branch have alleged ill will towards

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