Trump officials must testify after doing ‘nothing’ to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, judge rules

Lawyers for a wrongfully deported Maryland man will be allowed to depose Trump administration officials to determine whether they complied with a Supreme Court ruling to “facilitate” his return from a brutal El Salvador prison.

“Cancel vacations, cancel other appointments,” Maryland District Judge Paula Xinis told lawyers for the government on Tuesday.

The judge is setting an expedited schedule for depositions for Department of Homeland Security and State Department officials to testify under oath about their efforts to retrieve Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the administration has repeated...
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