Ábrego García Indictment: Legitimate Prosecution OR Trumped-Up Charges?

Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

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🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Attorney General Pam Bondi and her Department of Justice lawyers said repeatedly that it was impossible to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to the United States. Then, lo and behold, they arranged for Abrego Garcia's return to the US and waived around a two-count criminal indictment claiming that he's been involved in a criminal conspiracy from 2016 through 2025. In other words, if it's true, the first Trump DOJ let Garcia run a dangerous criminal conspiracy inside the United States with impunity during the entirety of Trump's first term. And, Garcia was in court in 2019 and the judge issued an immigration order that allowed him to reside in the United States to escape gang violence. During that hearing no conspiracy charges were brought. Glenn does a deep dive into the indictment and exposes several reasons why it looks suspect and feels more like a Pam Bondi face saving vehicle and less like a righteous prosecution.

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0:00.0	It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and legal analyst Glenn Kirshner.
0:15.8	Kilmar Abrago Garcia has been brought back to the U.S.
0:19.1	and indicted by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
0:22.2	Glenn unpacks this next on Justice Matters.
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0:59.0	Hey all, Glenn Kirshner here. So friends, in my 30 years as a federal prosecutor, I drafted and presented to grand juries more indictments than I could ever count.
1:16.6	So when I look at this two-count, ten-page indictment that a federal grand jury in Tennessee returned against Abrago Garcia?
1:30.3	I am concerned.
1:33.3	I am skeptical.
1:36.3	And together today, I want to take you through that indictment and highlight why there is a strong argument
1:43.3	that this is some trumped-up bullshit.
1:48.2	Bullshit is a legal term.
1:50.5	But as always, let's start with the new reporting.
1:52.8	This from ABC News, headline, Kilmar Abrago Garcia, newly returned to the U.S., appears in court on charges of trafficking
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