The judge overseeing the case of wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Wednesday granted a request from his attorneys to file a motion seeking sanctions against the government for failing to comply with discovery requests.
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in April ordered the Trump administration to provide discovery evidence showing the process by which Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to his native El Salvador despite him being issued a 2019 court order barring his deportation to his home country due to the fear of persecution.
Wednesday’s order from Xinis comes after Abrego Garcia’s attorneys said in a court filing that some of the discovery productions by the government include “highly redacted internal messages” and other materials that were classified as “Confidential or Attorney’s Eyes Only” – without a motion to designate the items as being under seal.
While they absolutely at least should be seen trying. Unfortunately this criminal administration will just pardon them. Until the legislative branch decides to do absolutely anything, expect nothing.
Pardons apply to criminal contempt but not civil contempt. What could happen is that the executive branch could refuse to carry out the contempt order. If that happens, it’s basically game over.
Fair enough. But yeah, if they’re expecting the administration to hold itself responsible. Heh shits fucked.