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ARTICLE VIEW:
Abrego Garcia’s attorneys ask judge overseeing his trial for gag
order on Trump administration officials
By Devan Cole, CNN
Updated:
11:52 PM EDT, Thu August 28, 2025
Source: CNN
Attorneys for , the man wrongly deported to El Salvador earlier this
year, are yet again asking the federal judge overseeing his human
smuggling criminal case to order Trump administration officials to stop
making negative comments about him that they say could jeopardize his
right to a fair trial.
The request made Thursday to US District Judge Waverly Crenshaw in
Tennessee comes as public attention has turned back on the Maryland
father of three days after he was pending his trial in the case, only
to face new efforts by the government to quickly deport him again.
His attorneys say that in recent days, comments from Homeland Security
Secretary Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi, as well as posts
made on the Department of Homeland Security X account and statements by
others, have presented a “substantial likelihood of materially
prejudicing” his trial, which is set to begin in January.
“This past Friday, Mr. Abrego’s release from pretrial detention
reignited the efforts of officials across the Executive Branch – and
particularly at DHS – to besmirch both Mr. Abrego and the courts in a
campaign to try this case in the court of public opinion,” Abrego
Garcia’s lawyers wrote in a 15-page filing to the judge.
Crenshaw, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, has that
officials must moderate their public comments about Abrego Garcia to
ensure he receives a fair trial.
In an order issued late last month, the judge reminded all counsel and
those working with them that they’re required to follow rules
prohibiting extrajudicial statements that could interfere with a
criminal defendant having a fair trial.
But Abrego Garcia’s attorneys said in their filing Thursday that the
recent comments violate those very rules. They pointed to statements
made all the way up to Thursday morning, when Trump border Czar Tom
Homan said during a Fox News appearance that their client is “a gang
member, terrorist, wife beater, pedophile, human trafficker, (and)
alien smuggler.”
Noem has also attacked Abrego Garica this week, writing in a on X
Monday, “The American people are safer without this MS-13 gangbanger
in our country roaming freely on our streets. No more. Good
riddance.”
“Regrettably, the previous efforts of both the court and the defense
have not worked. They have not stemmed the tide of inflammatory
extrajudicial statements from government officials,” Abrego
Garcia’s lawyers wrote. “Further intervention from the Court is
necessary to protect Mr. Abrego’s right to a fair trial and the
integrity of these proceedings.”
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