Oh dear! I'm afraid little Stephen Miller is in for a bad weekend. He's too unstable to work for the government. So is his buddy Hegseth, who's accompanying him on some of these excursions.
Judge grants restraining order halting Trump’s deployment of Oregon National Guard
Trump administration lawless vindictive prosecutions coming home to roost.
Bones - AI Overview - A judge has found that a statement by Todd Blanche, the Deputy Attorney General, may constitute a "confession" of vindictive prosecution, potentially providing the defense with crucial evidence to have a case dismissed. The judge noted that Blanche's comments during a television interview revealed the government began investigating the defendant, Abrego, after a Maryland judge questioned the prosecution's right to deport him, suggesting a retaliatory motive for the investigation. This revelation could shift the burden of proof to the prosecution, demonstrating their potentially vindictive intent.
Key Details
The "Confession": In an interview, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that the government initiated an investigation into Abrego after a Maryland judge questioned the government's decision and found their actions improper.
Vindictive Prosecution Claim: This statement is seen by the judge as potentially proving vindictive prosecution, meaning the prosecution was initiated or pursued for improper reasons (like retaliation) rather than a legitimate legal purpose.
Impact on the Defense: The judge's finding provides the defense with potent evidence to argue for the dismissal of Abrego's case.
Burden of Proof: The defense's argument is strengthened by this evidence, and the judge noted this evidence could demonstrate the government may be acting vindictively, potentially shifting the burden to the prosecution to prove their actions were legitimate.
Related: h/t Zorax. Excellent video, notes, added link -- Judge finds Todd Blanche's 'confession' may prove Abrego's vindictive prosecution Blanche public statement. Noem Abrego comments. 3 key events: Nov. '22, Abrego no consequence traffic stop. Mar. '25, Removed due to admitted administrative error, and multi Noem evidence-free comments about him, gang member, violent criminal, terrorist. April, '25, SCOTUS affirms injunction - Supreme Court Affirms Lawlessness of the Removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia 18 Apr 2025 .. https://www.gwlr.org/kilmar-abrego-garcia/ .
The case is not only crucial for Abrego, but significant for the case against Comey, Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver,
Att: Zorax: Alina Habba ‘unlawfully’ working as US attorney in New Jersey, judge rules [...]“Faced with the question of whether Ms. Habba is lawfully performing the functions and duties of the office of the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, I conclude that she is not,” Brann wrote. P -Brann put his ruling on hold, pending the Trump administration’s possible appeal, but the fallout could be a staggering mess across the executive branch. Brann said Habba’s actions in New Jersey for the past seven weeks “may be declared void” and Habba must be disqualified from participating in any of the office’s cases as its leader. The office handles thousands of criminal and civil cases at any given time. P - The ruling by Brann — a Republican and Obama appointee who sits in Pennsylvania’s Middle District — could also have wider implications for other U.S. attorney’s offices in Los Angeles, Nevada, New Mexico and upstate New York, where the administration has effectively sidestepped or overridden both the Senate confirmation and judicial appointment processes for selecting U.S. attorneys. [...]In May, Habba initially charged Newark Mayor Ras Baraka with trespassing at a privately-owned immigrant detention facility in Newark even though he had been allowed within its security perimeter and left voluntarily when threatened with arrest. Days later, she charged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver, a Baraka protege, with assault on law enforcement officers over a scuffle that started when they arrested Baraka. At the same time, Habba dropped the charges against Baraka, drawing harsh criticism from a magistrate judge who suggested the arrest was made to “advance political agendas.” https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176614526
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"Brilliant!. As said just earlier, "Thank goodness for competent and honest judges. From yours: "U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw found that comments from senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, raised a “realistic likelihood” that the department sought immigrant smuggling charges against Abrego Garcia for vindictive reasons." https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176778195"
Trump administration current last grasp on Abrego:
Trump administration now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, Africa
He is currently detained at a detention center in Virginia.
Laura Romero September 6, 2025, 8:28 AM
VIDEO - 1:25 ICE detains Kilmar Abrego GarciaA federal judge is now blocking the government’s efforts to deport the man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador and returned to the USA.
After the Trump administration previously said it would seek to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to El Salvador if a judge granted his attorneys' request to reopen his immigration case, the government said on Friday it now plans to deport him to Eswatini, Africa.
The update came in an email from an official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Abrego Garcia's attorneys, saying that his claim of fear of persecution in Uganda is "hard to take seriously" because he also claimed fear of persecution or torture in at least 22 other countries.
The countries listed in the email include El Salvador, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Haiti.
In response, Abrego Garcia's attorneys sent an email to ICE notifying the agency that Abrego Garcia also "expresses a fear of torture and persecution upon removal to Eswatini."
"Third-country nationals previously removed from the United States to Eswatini have all been detained in extremely harsh and tortuous conditions; that country has a well-documented record of human rights violations," his attorneys said. "[And] to our knowledge, Eswatini has offered no guarantees that it will not promptly deport Mr. Abrego Garcia to El Salvador where he already experienced torture and will experience torture again."
The email comes after the Trump administration said in a court filing on Thursday, obtained by ABC News, that it would remove Abrego Garcia to El Salvador again if a judge grants his attorneys' request to reopen his immigration case.
Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran native who had been living in Maryland with his wife and children, was deported in March to El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison -- despite a 2019 court order barring his deportation to that country due to fear of persecution. The Trump administration claimed he was a member of the criminal gang MS-13, which his family and attorneys deny.
After being released into the custody of his brother in Maryland pending trial, he was again detained by immigration authorities, who indicated their intention to deport him.
In this handout photo provided by the Salvadoran government, guards escort a newly admitted inmate allegedly linked to criminal organizations inside a cell at CECOT on March 16, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Trump's administration deported 238 alleged members of the... Handout/Salvadoran Government via Getty
A federal judge last month blocked Abrego Garcia's deportation until at least early October. He is currently detained at a detention center in Farmville, Virginia.
The court filing, submitted to the Baltimore Immigration Court on Thursday, was filed after Abrego Garcia's attorneys moved to reopen his case to seek asylum.
"Should the Immigration Court grant the respondent's motion to reopen, DHS will pursue the respondent's removal to El Salvador, as his prior grant of withholding of removal will no longer be valid," the government said in the filing.
In 2019, an immigration judge granted Abrego Garcia an order of removal, which prohibited his deportation to El Salvador.
If proceedings are reopened, Abrego Garcia will be required to establish "eligibility for any forms of relief or protection from El Salvador," the government said.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, attends an event with supporters, as he appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee, in Baltimore, Maryland, August 25, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters
On Thursday, the government said that Abrego Garcia's imprisonment at CECOT "was both a lawful sanction and one not specifically intended to cause the requisite pain or suffering."
"Even assuming that the respondent's imprisonment rises to the level of torture, past torture is not determinative of the likelihood of future torture," the government said.
The government also dismissed the attorneys' concerns about El Salvador's "gang-targeting tactics," arguing they "do not reflect the ultimate treatment" Abrego Garcia received after his wrongful deportation in March.
"After being processed in [CECOT], he was transferred to Centro Industrial because he was perceived as a civilian," the government said. "His detention conditions at Centro Industrial differ substantially from those described in the country conditions evidence."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, attends an event with supporters, as he appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee, in Baltimore, Maryland, August 25, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters
In the filing, the government also argued that the request to reopen Abrego Garcia's immigration case should be denied because it "fails to show that country conditions in El Salvador have materially changed, and it further fails to establish that he" is eligible for asylum.
[Insert: Of course, the government does not mention the pile of evidence pointing to vindictive prosecution in the first place. ]
According to the emergency motion filed last month to reopen the case, his attorneys argue that because Abrego Garcia was deported and then brought back to the U.S., he is now eligible to apply for asylum within one year of his last entry into the U.S.
In the filings, the government called Abrego Garcia a member of a foreign terrorist organization, arguing it makes him ineligible for asylum. Abrego Garcia's attorneys and families have repeatedly denied accusations that he is a member of MS-13.
"He has engaged in extensive criminal activities since he has been in the United States," the government said. "He is a known member of the MS-13, a dangerous FTO."
British journalist and Israel critic Sami Hamdi ‘abducted’ by ICE agents at San Francisco airport over past views -------- "Brilliant!. As said just earlier, "Thank goodness for competent and honest judges... [...]Reagan-Appointed Judge Calls Out Trump’s ‘Full-Throated Assault on the First Amendment’ [...]U.S. District Judge Bill Young’s ruling was the long-anticipated result of a lawsuit brought by university professors who alleged that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and other Trump officials intentionally violated First Amendment speech protections to chill pro-Palestine campus speech.
Young, based in Massachusetts, agreed with the plaintiffs, finding that by explicitly targeting pro-Palestinian student activists like Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk for deportation, the Trump administration sought to “strike fear” into similarly situated non-citizen students and stifle political activity it disagrees with.
Young, 85, who has been on the bench for four decades after being appointed by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1985, said the case was “perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court.”
The constitutional question before Young was whether non-citizens lawfully present in the country have the same free speech rights as U.S. citizens.
Young ruled “unequivocally” they do." --------
Far-right activist Laura Loomer took credit for Hamdi’s arrest
Josh Marcus in San Francisco Monday 27 October 2025 08:21 GMT
VIDEO- Trump says Israel-Gaza ceasefire still in place
Sami Hamdi, a British journalist and activist and outspoken critic of the Israeli war in Gaza, was arrested by U.S. immigration agents Sunday at San Francisco International Airport.
“Earlier this morning, ICE agents abducted British Muslim journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi at San Francisco Airport, apparently in response to his vocal criticism of the Israeli government during his ongoing speaking tour,” the Council on American-Islamic Relations civil rights group wrote on X.
Hamdi had spoken at a gala for the group on Saturday in California and was heading to Florida for another event prior to his arrest.
“We can confirm that Mr. Hamdi has not been deported and remains in custody,” CAIR added. “Our attorneys and partners are working to address this injustice.”
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Hamdi’s arrest.
British journalist Sami Hamdi was arrested by immigration agents in San Francisco on Sunday, with allies accusing the Trump administration of punishing him for his criticism of Israel (Sky News)
“Under President Trump, those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X. “It’s commonsense.”
The official cited a report from the advocacy group RAIR about Hamdi in the post announcing the arrest.
RAIR, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has previously described as an anti-Muslim hate group, accused Hamdi of endorsing terrorism and operating alongside foreign terror networks through his various speaking engagements.
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, a self-described “proud Islamophobe” and influential outside advisor to the Trump administration, also took credit for the arrest.
Hasan Piker, a popular leftist Twitch streamer and critic of Israel, was detained at a Chicago airport earlier this year (HasanAbi/YouTube)
“I demanded that federal authorities inside the Trump administration treat Hamdi as the major National security threat that he is and I reported Sami Hamdi to federal immigration authorities over his documented support for Islamic terrorism,” she wrote on X.
Hamdi, who founded the outlet The International Interest and appears as a commentator on various mainstream news networks, has been a vocal critic of the Israeli war effort in Gaza, joining the scores of international observers who have deemed it a genocide.
He also celebrated the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel as an important moment in the cause for Palestinian self-determination, and wrote in May post on X he stood against “racism, Islamophobia, anti-semitism, genocide, and war crimes.”
In August, the Trump administration vowed to review the status of all 55 million foreign nationals in the U.S. with a valid travel visa to root out “security threats” and anyone “supporting terrorists,” designations the White House has often applied to activists criticizing Israel.
The Trump administration has arrested scores of visa-holders, often students, for their views on the Israel-Hamas conflict (AP)
The Trump administration has arrested and attempted to deport a variety of non-citizen critics of Israel, accusing them of supporting terrorism for actions ranging from leading student protests to writing op-eds critical of the U.S. ally.
Last month, a federal judge found [Judge William Young] .. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-noem-rubio-gaza-student-protest-ruling-b2836814.html ,, that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem illegally chilled protected speech of pro-Palestinian students and faculty by threatening to revoke their visasand then arresting, detaining and deporting them — what the judge called a “full-throated assault on the First Amendment across the board under the cover of an unconstitutionally broad definition” of antisemitism.
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