'A clear and present danger': Judge threatens Bondi, Noem with sanctions after 'troubling' public slams of Abrego Garcia
Source: Law & Crime
Oct 28th, 2025, 10:26 am
On the same day that the DOJ in one courtroom apparently reversed course on its stated intent to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia before deporting him to Liberia or elsewhere, the federal judge separately handling his criminal human smuggling case threatened U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with sanctions if they continue to pose "a clear and present danger," through their words, to the defendant's right to a fair trial.
The latest developments in the Abrego Garcia saga are whiplash-inducing, as a DOJ attorney told Maryland U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis on Monday that, unless blocked by a court, the Trump administration would like to send the wrongly deported Salvadoran citizen to Liberia on Halloween.
An incredulous Xinis was reportedly not buying the government's claim that it wasn't sure what the implications would be for the Tennessee criminal case, pointing out that a criminal trial for allegedly "smuggling illegal aliens" wouldn't be doable in Abrego Garcia's absence.
Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judge-calls-out-pam-bondi-doj-for-talking-about-kilmar-abrego-garcia-case-outside-of-court/
Link to MEMO OF OPINION (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.182.0.pdf
Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.183.0.pdf
Bayard
(29,574 posts)This admin doesn't want him to have a trial at all, just punishment for not being lily white. Bring this farce to an end!
Irish_Dem
(81,119 posts)Judge needs to find another line of work.
KT2000
(22,136 posts)where they inserted MS 13 on his fingers, isn't that considered planting evidence?
returnee
(921 posts)Otherwise it could be defamation or libel.
Safe as Milk
(246 posts)Nothing like a little fascism in the morning.
S/V Loner
(9,542 posts)Lock all of them the fuck up, put them in general population and turn off the security videos for about two hours.
calimary
(89,921 posts)SSJVegeta
(2,827 posts)And wild they care
wolfie001
(7,615 posts)tRUMP, plastic face Gnome and Bondi the bleached blond nat-zee frau.
lastlib
(28,188 posts)my monikers
wolfie001
(7,615 posts)Midnight Writer
(25,373 posts)mpcamb
(3,224 posts)Polybius
(21,876 posts)Then there's the next question: can a sitting President be sued by a private individual?
BidenRocks
(3,231 posts)Malicious Prosecution case?