Judge scolds Trump officials for continued recalcitrance in Abrego Garcia case [View all]
A federal judge upbraided the Trump administration Friday for what she described as “bad faith” delay tactics in the face of court orders requiring the government to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador by U.S. immigration authorities.
“I’m like the cat with the ball of string and I’m trying to keep up with the ball of string,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said of the administration’s efforts to withhold key details about what it has done to comply with her order to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from a notorious high-security prison in El Salvador.
Xinis, an Obama appointee, described court-ordered depositions provided by key administration officials as a “goose egg.” Those officials repeatedly claimed, under oath, to be unaware of key details about the Trump administration’s effort to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release and return, the judge said.
“What we got was a bunch of ‘I don’t knows,’” she said, emphasizing that she had ordered the administration to produce witnesses with “firsthand knowledge” of efforts related to Abrego Garcia.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/16/judge-scolds-trump-officials-abrego-garcia-00355259
Friday article - just ran across it. Frustrating.
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