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LetMyPeopleVote

(182,291 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 03:28 PM Friday

The judge has DISMISSED the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on vindictive and selective prosecution ground

BREAKING: The judge has DISMISSED the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds! A MAJOR win for Mr. Abrego. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-05-22T19:09:15.136Z

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The judge has DISMISSED the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia on vindictive and selective prosecution ground (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Friday OP
Righteous decision. Nevilledog Friday #1
Great news! Tripper11 Friday #2
Not sure if it's good news or not... regnaD kciN Friday #29
Here is a link to the opinion LetMyPeopleVote Friday #3
Real judges cannot be duped. bucolic_frolic Friday #4
Reality has a tendency to be so... ya know... Real pat_k Friday #28
This judge was nominated by Obama. SouthBayDem Friday #34
K & R..... Lovie777 Friday #5
Should have been done a year ago. This was obviously a vindictive prosecution from Day 1. Midnight Writer Friday #6
It sure was! So unfair... liberalla Friday #14
Really happy for him. 👍 Dave Bowman Friday #7
Bout gawd damn time. a kennedy Friday #8
This poor man has been through Hell on Earth MustLoveBeagles Friday #16
+1 My thought exactly. pat_k Friday #27
Rec. Rec. Rec malaise Friday #9
It got MAGA taint counsel Ponietz Friday #10
prime candidate for $$ from the slush fund Skittles Friday #11
He should claim many millions! Trump's lawfare attempted to destroy him. OGBuzz Friday #12
Yes you are!!! liberalla Friday #13
Just what I came to ask! BadgerMom Friday #15
I'd say so MustLoveBeagles Friday #17
Absolutely catrose Friday #24
As is Hillary Clinton and all the law firms Trump blackballed who employee people he dislikes. cstanleytech Friday #33
This biased prosecution has to end BeneteauBum Friday #18
Thank you, Judge Crenshaw. Now Mr. Abrego Garcia should sue IT PERSONALLY LoisB Friday #19
$1.776 billion would be fine jmowreader Friday #22
Wow. BootinUp Friday #20
An extraordinary rebuke of Todd Blanche and his Justice Dept. LetMyPeopleVote Friday #21
Yes.....Set an example for future compensations... Escape Friday #23
Comey is next to get dismissed Renew Deal Friday #25
Awesome news!!! n/t iluvtennis Friday #26
Finally! sinkingfeeling Friday #30
Good. Now, sue their asses. Joinfortmill Friday #31
Good! This poor guy. IcyPeas Friday #32
He should apply for his cut of the slush fund. Volaris Yesterday #35
"Vindictive and selective" Danascot 22 hrs ago #36
It's about time. trmp has hounded this man. spanone 22 hrs ago #37
Below is Exhibit 2 for when @DAGToddBlanche gets disbarred. LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #38
If we ever survive this, it will be due in part to honest judges. Martin68 19 hrs ago #39

regnaD kciN

(27,710 posts)
29. Not sure if it's good news or not...
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:20 PM
Friday

The regime’s line was that he was only brought back to the U.S. to face charges. Now that those charges have been dismissed, what’s to keep DHS from simply sending him back to CECOT?

bucolic_frolic

(55,888 posts)
4. Real judges cannot be duped.
Fri May 22, 2026, 03:32 PM
Friday

The heavy hand of honest truth prevails now and again because it's so darned obvious.

liberalla

(11,231 posts)
14. It sure was! So unfair...
Fri May 22, 2026, 04:41 PM
Friday

I feel horrible for what he was forced to endure. It makes me do mad.

pat_k

(13,902 posts)
27. +1 My thought exactly.
Fri May 22, 2026, 06:40 PM
Friday

The wheels of justice are too f-ing slow. It seems to me the fact this was a vindictive prosecution was obvious from the day the charges were made public. Utter bullshit from start to finish.

I can't help but fear for the fates of the 250 or so who were "released" from El Salvador to the country they originally fled.

Found this one bit of good news:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/22/venezuelan-makeup-artist-cecot-spain-asylum

Venezuelan makeup artist who was deported to El Salvador seeks asylum in Spain: ‘I feel safe here’
Andry José Hernández Romero was deported from the US to El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison before he was allowed to return to Venezuela


After torture at Cecot... no words.

I would love it if someone like Tom Steyer would finance a documentary to follow up on this group of people targeted, rounded up, and flown off in violation of court orders to be abused at CECOT in a corrupt and unconstitutional "deal" with El Salvador. The horror of this particular evil perpetrated in our name can't be allowed to fade into the background of the firehouse of shit.

Perhaps the worst is knowing that thousands of others who have been similarly targeted without rationale (beyond meeting a vile "quota" ) are suffering in hellish concentration camps inside our own borders right now.

BadgerMom

(3,439 posts)
15. Just what I came to ask!
Fri May 22, 2026, 04:41 PM
Friday

His prosecution has been textbook weaponization to my way of thinking.

cstanleytech

(28,607 posts)
33. As is Hillary Clinton and all the law firms Trump blackballed who employee people he dislikes.
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:04 PM
Friday

BeneteauBum

(793 posts)
18. This biased prosecution has to end
Fri May 22, 2026, 05:00 PM
Friday

Subjective law interpretation and spurious evidence drive these insane accusations. I consider this a part of this administration’s revenge campaign……anyone who stands against the purported department of justice will have to endure tortuous litigation.

Peace ☮️

jmowreader

(53,410 posts)
22. $1.776 billion would be fine
Fri May 22, 2026, 05:26 PM
Friday

Not only is it more money than he could ever spend in his life, it's exactly the amount Dipshit got in his "anti-weaponization" fund.

Well...knock off, say, $5000 from it. They've gotta have enough money to build a row of pillories on the National Mall for Trump and his minions.

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,291 posts)
21. An extraordinary rebuke of Todd Blanche and his Justice Dept.
Fri May 22, 2026, 05:23 PM
Friday

This opinion will be featured in the case when Blanche is disbarred. This judge called out Blanche 30 times.



An extraordinary rebuke of Todd Blanche and his Justice Dept.

Court dismisses indictment of Abrego Garcia (an exceedingly rare outcome in a criminal case).

Finding of vindictive prosecution and "an abuse of prosecuting power."

The opinion name checks Blanche nearly 30 times.



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