This is reported, without rancor. It is only fair to set out what is -- to the moment -- known. The felony indictment was just unsealed today, as the Noem / Rubio forces were having him flown out of El Salvador.
As ever, while the body cam images bear a reasonable resemblance to the accused (Mr. Abrego-Garcia). . . let us simply report the facts, as known to this moment -- and trust that the able federal district court judges in Nashville will sort this one out. We will withhold judgment, in short.
The good news is that he is no longer in a private black ops torture prison in El Salvador. And none of this justified abducting him to El Salvador without any process, in any event. Nor the foot-dragging in bringing him back, stateside. He may yet win a large judgment against Team Noem, even if convicted on these much later arriving charges. There was no indictment, or even any real substantial investigation of one -- when he was grabbed out of Maryland. In fact, as late as mid-April, the government was saying (under oath) only that if they brought him stateside, they would do so at the Mexican border below San Diego, and immediately deport him into the interior of Mexico. [That is, there was no allegation of any earlier crime like this.]
[The grand jury wasn't even convened until May 21, 2025 (almost two months after he was grabbed without process!) -- and the skeptical City of Big Shoulders lawyer in me guesses that the foot-dragging on his return to the US was to give the Tennessee officers time to build an after the fact case, for his detention.]
But as I say. . . we will wait and see.
Here is the unsealed indictment out of Nashville.
Here is the motion to hold him in custody in Nashville, until trial. He will doubtless move (through his counsel) for bail. We will keep you informed. Trust that. Onward.
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