Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. A federal judge in Maryland has blocked

immigration officials from immediately arresting Kilmar-Abrego-Garcia should he be released

from criminal detention in Tennessee. NPR's Jimena Bostillo reports Abrago-Garcia was

deported to El Salvador by mistake and now faces a federal indictment in Tennessee.

Judge Paula Zines has ordered that should Abrago Garcia be released from custody in Tennessee while he awaits his criminal trial,

he must be transferred to the custody of immigration and customs enforcement in Baltimore.

Kilmer-Abrego-Garcia is currently detained in Tennessee

while he faces federal human smuggling charges. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers and federal

officials argued he could be arrested by ICE and immediately deported if he is released ahead of his

trial. But Abrago-Garcia cannot be deported to his native El Salvador because of a prior

court order. If the government wants to deport him to a country that is not El Salvador,

they must provide him with at least 72 hours of notice, the Maryland judge said.

Huma Bustillo and Pierre News, Washington.

President Trump's Director of National Intelligence says she's referring new evidence to the Justice Department to investigate an Obama-era intelligence assessment on Russian election interference.

NPR's Jenna McLaughlin reports that critics say the allegations are baseless.

Trump's spy chief Tulsi Gabbard made an appearance of the White House press briefing, repeating claims that she has exposed new evidence that implicates President Obama and his cabinet

in what she calls an act of treason.

I'm telling you to look at the evidence.

Look at the evidence and you will know the truth.

Gabbard says the documents she's published show that Obama administration officials

lied about Russia hacking the election in favor of

Trump. Critics say Gabbard's claims are false and that the intelligence community never said

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