The defense attorneys representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia in his federal human smuggling case on Monday seemed to say in a Monday court filing that Ben Schrader, the former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Chief of the Criminal Division for the Middle District of Tennessee, resigned because he considered the federal indictment of Abrego Garcia to be "vindictive." 

In a filing which reiterated Abrego Garcia's request for his case to be dropped due alleged vindictive prosecution, the attorneys claimed that Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire, "turns a blind eye to the motivations" behind Abrego Garcia's case.

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