'Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview' [View all]

"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