The Trump administration’s conduct in a high-profile deportation case has been “totally embarrassing” for the government, according to one legal expert.
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration had been caught in another lie about its efforts to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father living in the U.S. with protected status that the government claims is part of an international crime syndicate. The administration admitted in court that there is no removal order on file for Abrego Garcia, a fact that could kill the entire case.
Allison Gill, CEO of MSW Media Network and author of “Mueller, She Wrote,” discussed the government’s conduct in a new podcast episode on Sunday.
“The judge, Paula Xinis, brought that guy in who signed that declaration, and he admitted in court that he did not write all of that sworn declaration, the one that he signed,” Gill said. “He said a State Department lawyer wrote part of it for him, and he confessed that he didn’t know what a lot of those words meant, but he signed it anyway.”
The Washington Post also reported that another part of the Trump administration’s case against Abrego Garcia is based on a falsehood.
The administration has said it has been trying to deport Abrego Garcia to an African nation like Uganda, Eswatini, Ghana, or Liberia because Costa Rica, a country that Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have said is a “practical alternative” for the Maryland father, would not accept him.
Costa Rican officials said on Friday that they are willing to accept Abrego Garcia.
“Trump’s Department of Justice was caught red-handed again lying in court,” Gill said.
“If Mr. Abrego avoids deportation on these trumped-up charges, it will be totally embarrassing for the government,” Gill continued.
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