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Kilmar Abrego Garcia wants a federal judge to punish Donald Trump’s administration after top officials repeatedly branded him a gang member and wife beater, among other “highly prejudicial, inflammatory, and false statements” about the wrongly deported Salvadoran immigrant, according to his attorneys.
A judge issued a gag order in October that blocks officials from making “any extrajudicial statements” that could compromise a fair trial against Abrego Garcia, who is battling criminal charges in one court while seeking protection against his deportation in another.
Greg Bovino, the top border patrol official for Trump's mass deportation campaign, has since labeled him an “MS-13
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