'No longer need discovery': Trump admin wants Abrego Garcia case dismissed without revealing whether court orders were defied
'No longer need discovery': Trump admin wants Abrego Garcia case dismissed without revealing whether court orders were defied
The Trump administration on Monday urged a federal court to dismiss the high-profile case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia as moot following his return to the country.
If you get pulled over for speeding, the judge doesn't dismiss the case because you eventually slowed down.
It actually happens a lot, but it's not the judge who dismisses it, but the prosecutor's office.
There are plenty of times where the prosecutor pursues bogus charges to intimidate a citizen into taking a plea deal of a lesser charge. And if the citizen fights to go to a jury trial, the prosecutor will drop the charges so it can't go on record that they are clearly acting corruptly to protect their own.
Like this case where a citizen was arrested for calling a cop a dumbass and afterwards the prosecutor attempted to trump up the charges to aggravated assault and then dismissed charges like a week before his jury trial.
not only did I slow down your honor. I came to a complete stop when I got to my destination. I mean that is above and beyond. A complete! Stop!
Contempt of Court is a bit different. It's usually applied until the problem action is corrected. For instance, they could (in theory) hold the administration in contempt, meaning fines or even jail, until they comply with the court order to return him.
Now, they can and absolutely should be prosecuted for their actions, but it would likely need to be a separate case.
This means there is very much a need for this to go to discovery.
Oh, is it gonna be inconvenient when the documented official record totally contradicts their story? Boo hoo
Besides, what the fuck do they care - the MAGAt faithful will eagerly reject truth in favor of whatever the fuck they're told to believe.
Looooook he's baaaaack so don't worry bout it!!! - DOJ
Discovery is still needed to uncover exactly why the government took so long to do what they said they totally couldn't do but suddenly became able to, coincidentally after they found other reasons to detain him.
Waves hand. "Discovery is no longer needed."
Judge: "Discovery is definitely needed. Jedi mind tricks do not work in any courtroom."
Now do it to every case.
The legal technique: 'i don't waunna!'
"He is not coming back to our country," [Attorney General Pam] Bondi told Fox News [in April], in response to a question about his legal status during the briefing.
From the link at very end of article. What a bitch.