'Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview'

"It was pretty obvious that White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’ admission to Vanity Fair that President Trump was engaged in 'score settling' was going to make it into a legal filing sooner or later. Now it has."

"In a filing overnight, Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s attorneys cited the Wiles interview as part of their bid to dismiss the indictment against him on vindictive prosecution grounds."

"As a practical matter, we can say that of course it’s a vindictive prosecution. But as a legal matter, the standard to establish vindictive prosecution is high and hard to meet. Wiles’ comments alone won’t do the trick, but they are the capper to what has been a series of remarkable public commentaries, threats, and admissions about Abrego Garcia and his criminal case from high-ranking administration officials, chief among them Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche."

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie-wiles-abrego-garcia-score-settling