{"id":33376,"date":"2025-06-29T22:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=33376"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:48:29","slug":"proof-is-in-the-pudding-trump-doj-tells-court-it-will-seek-dismissal-of-abrego-garcia-case","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=33376","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Proof is in the pudding\u2019: Trump DOJ tells court it will seek dismissal of Abrego Garcia case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration on Tuesday said it plans to seek the dismissal of a civil case ordering the government to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the U.S., arguing in a new court filing that the case is now \u201cmoot,\u201d given that he is now back in U.S. custody.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15457\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jennifer-vasquez.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jennifer-vasquez.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jennifer-vasquez-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jennifer-vasquez-1024x928.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jennifer-vasquez-768x696.jpg 768w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jennifer-vasquez-1536x1392.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1450\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>In the filing, lawyers for the Trump administration told U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis that they plan to submit an official motion to dismiss the case on \u201cmootness grounds\u201d by June 16.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Department officials said they have \u201cdone exactly what plaintiffs asked for and what this court ordered them to do\u201d \u2013 that is, to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S. from El Salvador, where he was deported in March in what Trump officials acknowledged was an administrative error.<\/p>\n<p>But the filing is likely to do little to quell the mounting legal fight surrounding Abrego Garcia\u2019s detention and efforts to secure his return from Salvadorian custody.<\/p>\n<p>FEDERAL JUDGE JAMES BOASBERG FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO HOLD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT OVER DEPORTATION FLIGHTS<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15462\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20709ad5-gettyimages-2212348033-copy.webp\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20709ad5-gettyimages-2212348033-copy.webp 1440w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20709ad5-gettyimages-2212348033-copy-300x169.webp 300w, 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place.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Abrego Garcia described the timing of his return from Salvadorian custody as \u201cpure farce\u201d and told Xinis in a filing of their own late last week that they plan to file a sanctions motion against the government by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP\u2019S REMARKS COULD COME BACK TO BITE HIM IN ABREGO GARCIA DEPORTATION BATTLE<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15461\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/protesters-2.webp\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/protesters-2.webp 1440w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/protesters-2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/protesters-2-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/protesters-2-768x432.webp 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They noted that lawyers for the Trump administration were continuing to tell the court, even six days after he was indicted, that they did not have the power to return Abrego Garcia to the U.S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_2a4d5f5b-3f21-458e-8bad-4b5b1c1aa44b\"><\/p>\n<div><iframe id=\"adopB60011\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>They also noted that, in their view, a contempt charge and sanctions against the government were warranted and that the Maryland court still has jurisdiction over the civil case.<\/p>\n<p>Xinis, for her part, suggested last month that the Trump administration could be held in contempt for refusing to comply with the court \u2013 describing the government\u2019s lack of candor in the discovery proceedings as beating a \u201cfrustrated and dead horse.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\"><ins class=\"adsbyadop_d6f93595-b1c2-4e79-824e-211cf3605e7c\"><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/ins><\/div>\n<p>JUSTICE KAGAN SNAPS AT TRUMP LAWYER IN MAJOR CASE: \u2018EVERY COURT HAS RULED AGAINST YOU\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15460\" src=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2826607528b623bb.webp\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2826607528b623bb.webp 1440w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2826607528b623bb-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2826607528b623bb-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/en33.usnews.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2826607528b623bb-768x432.webp 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump administration lawyers sought to dispel the notion that they intentionally flouted the court on Tuesday, describing plaintiffs\u2019 characterization of their actions as \u201cdesperate and disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be sure, the parties have had pointed disagreements on discovery issues, including because defendants could not share state secrets and other protected materials that would have demonstrated their good-faith compliance with the court\u2019s orders,\u201d the administration said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the proof is in the pudding \u2013 defendants have returned Abrego Garcia to the United States just as they were ordered to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Xinis, an Obama appointee, previously criticized the administration for failing to comply with her court\u2019s requests for information in the case, and she accused officials in a blistering eight-page order of submitting \u201cvague, evasive and incomplete\u201d responses that she said demonstrated \u201cwillful and 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