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Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers asked a federal judge in Tennessee on Thursday to ban senior Trump officials from commenting on their clients, which could be biased towards the jury.
Lawyers said government officials repeatedly accused Abrego Garcia, who faced charges of human smuggling charges by the El Salvador nation, as a member of the criminal gang and made other negative claims against him, which constituted the possibility of a “substantial possibility bias” lawsuit.
Lawyers pointed out many recent situations, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem who called Abrego Garcia “MS-13 gang member, human trafficker, serial domestic abusers and child raiders.”
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador earlier this year, left his wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura to arrive at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, on Monday, August 25, 2025, Monday, August 25, 2025 (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“She also called Mr. Abregor a ‘monster’,” the lawyer wrote.
This is the second time Abrego Garcia’s lawyer has asked a judge to control the government’s statement. The judge had previously reminded the government to comply with all typical prosecution procedures, including avoiding biased statements outside the court.
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