Kilmar Abrego Garcia accompanied by his attorney, was released from thee Putnam County Jail on August 22, 2025. (Photo: John Partipilo/ Tennessee Lookout)

NASHVILLE – A federal judge in Nashville ruled that there is a “realistic likelihood” that the government behaved vindictively in bringing human smuggling charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador before being brought to Tennessee in June to face criminal charges.

The 16-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw on Friday opens the door for Abrego’s attorneys to seek documents and testimony from Trump administration officials about their public remarks in the case and the basis of their decision to bring criminal charges.

Crenshaw noted that the government has repeatedly been thwa

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